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Google patents video system that lets users turn off person recognition

The filing describes a method for processing live video feeds to detect people and identify specific attributes. It includes a user interface setting that allows individuals to disable the recognition feature, preventing the system from determining if a detected person is known.

Why it mattersThis is interesting because it focuses on giving users control over how their video data is processed, specifically allowing them to stop the system from trying to identify who is in the frame.

In the filing’s own words

A method for recognizing persons in video streams includes obtaining a live video stream, detecting a first person in the live video stream, determining from analysis of the live video stream first information that identifies an attribute of the first person, determining based on at least some of the first information that the first person is not identifiable to the computing system, storing at least some of the first information, receiving a user classification of the first person as being a stranger, and deleting the stored first information.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: obtaining video data from a camera; providing a user interface comprising a selectable setting to control a recognition feature; receiving, via the user interface, a user input modifying the selectable setting to disable the recognition feature; detecting a person in the video data; and in response to receiving the user input, forgoing determining whether the detected person is a known person.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
Systems and Methods of Person Recognition in Video Streams
Publication number
US20260300438A1
Application number
19701308
Filed
Jun 8, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
11
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 18/23 Physics & computingG06V 20/46 Physics & computingG06V 40/10 Physics & computingG08B 13/19645 Physics & computingG08B 13/1966 Physics & computingG08B 13/19663 Physics & computing
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