ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,334, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sensor device and encryption method" was invented by Susumu Takatsuka (Tokyo), Kenta Kawamoto (Tokyo) and Hiroki Tetsukawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image encryption in which excessive concealment of information is prevented while reduction in cost is achieved by eliminating a need for a receiving side of an image to take measures against leakage of personal information is realized. In one example, a sensor device includes an array sensor with pixels having a light receiving element of visible or invisible light. A detector detects a target area ...