GRAPHIC DATA ALTERATION TO ENHANCE ONLINE PRIVACY

摘要

A computer alters at least one recognizable metric or text in a digitally encoded photographic image by operating an alteration algorithm in response to user input data while preserving an overall aesthetic quality of the image and obscuring an identity of at least one individual or geographic location appearing in the image. An altered digitally-encoded photographic image prepared by the altering of the at least one recognizable metric or text in the image is stored in a computer memory. User feedback and/or automatic analysis may be performed to define parameter values of the alteration algorithm such that the alteration process achieves preservation of aesthetic qualities while obscuring an identity of interest.

主权项

1. A system configured to impair automated image analysis, comprising:
a processor coupled to a memory, the memory encoded with instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the system to:
analyze a digitally-encoded image comprising one or more words;identify at least one word in the digitally-encoded image; andalter the digitally-encoded image so that the position of at least two characters in the word are reversed, and the first and last letter of the word are in a proper position.