ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,294, issued on May 26, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Systems and methods for signaling encoder optimization privacy information in video coding" was invented by Sachin G. Deshpande (Vancouver, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may be configured to signal an encoder optimization information message. In one example, the encoder optimization information message includes a syntax element indicating a type of privacy protection. The syntax element may indicate a type of privacy protection as pixelation, where personal information is pixelated. A device may be configured to receive the encoder optimization inf...