US7146025B2
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Apparatus and method for providing security in a base or mobile station by using detection of face information
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 2003-01-30
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Granted: 2006-12-05
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Expires: 2023-01-30
Abstract
Abstract Provided are an apparatus and method for providing security for an image signal in a base station or a terminal by detecting face information from the image signal. The apparatus includes a signal receiving unit receiving an image signal transmitted from a terminal, a location discriminating unit detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region, and a controller transmitting the image signal when the calling location does not fall within the security region, or when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent unauthorized transmission of images without additional big burden of security equipment or an invasion of individual rights of using image communication.
Inventors
- 👤 In-myung Cho
- 👤 Tae-Kyun Kim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:21
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W12/00; H04W12/60; H04W12/63; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/7243; H04M1/72439; G; G06; G06V; G06V40/00; G06V40/10; G06V40/16; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/30; G07C9/32; G07C9/37; G07C9/38; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00838; H04N1/0084; H04N1/00856; H04N1/00875; H04W4/00; H04W4/02; H04W4/023; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
An apparatus for providing security for an image signal in a base station, the apparatus comprising: a signal receiving unit receiving an image signal transmitted from an image capturing terminal; a location discriminating unit detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region; and a controller transmitting the image signal 1) when the calling location does not fall within the security region, and 2) when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
89 words
An apparatus for providing security for an image signal in a base station, the apparatus comprising: a signal receiving unit receiving an image signal transmitted from an image capturing terminal; a location discriminating unit detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region; and a controller transmitting the image signal 1) when the calling location does not fall within the security region, and 2) when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the controller transmits image information, only the face information, excluding a background image, is extracted from the image information and transmitted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a database for storing location information regarding at least one security region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when the image signal includes face information, the controller checks if the face information extracted from the image signal is related to the face of a user and transmits the image signal if the face information refers to the face of the user.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for providing security of an image signal in a base station, the method comprising: (a) receiving an image signal transmitted from an image capturing terminal and checking if the image signal contains face information; (b) detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region; and (c) transmitting the image signal 1) when the calling location does not fall within the security region, and 2) when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
91 words
A method for providing security of an image signal in a base station, the method comprising: (a) receiving an image signal transmitted from an image capturing terminal and checking if the image signal contains face information; (b) detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region; and (c) transmitting the image signal 1) when the calling location does not fall within the security region, and 2) when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 5 , wherein when the image signal is transmitted in (c), only face information, excluding a background image, is extracted from the image signal and transmitted.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 5 , wherein when the image signal contains the face information in (c), it is checked if the face information extracted from the image signal is related to the face of a user and the image signal is transmitted when the face information is related to the user's face.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
89 words
A computer-readable recording medium recording and storing a computer program to execute a method comprising: (a) receiving an image signal transmitted from a terminal and checking if the image signal contains face information; (b) detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region; and (c) transmitting the image signal 1) when the calling location does not fall within the security region, and 2) when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains the face information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
89 words
A computer-readable recording medium recording and storing a computer program to execute a method comprising: (a) receiving an image signal transmitted from a terminal and checking if the image signal contains face information; (b) detecting a calling location of the terminal and checking if the calling location falls within a security region; and (c) transmitting the image signal 1) when the calling location does not fall within the security region, and 2) when the calling location falls within the security region and the image signal contains the face information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image capturing terminal is a mobile communication device.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
79 words
An apparatus comprising: a signal receiving unit receiving an image signal transmitted from an image capturing terminal, a location discriminating unit detecting the physical location of the image capturing terminal and checking to determine whether the physical location falls within the security region; and a controller transmitting the image signal 1) when the physical location is not within the security region, and 2) when the physical location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
79 words
An apparatus comprising: a signal receiving unit receiving an image signal transmitted from an image capturing terminal, a location discriminating unit detecting the physical location of the image capturing terminal and checking to determine whether the physical location falls within the security region; and a controller transmitting the image signal 1) when the physical location is not within the security region, and 2) when the physical location falls within the security region and the image signal contains face information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the image capturing terminal is selected from a group consisting of mobile phones, land line phones, personal computers and communication apparatuses that allow public network communication.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising a database for storing physical location information with respect to at least one security region.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
51 words
The apparatus of claim 10 wherein when the image signal includes face information, the controller checks to determine whether the face information extracted from the image signal is related to the face of a user and transmits the image signal if the face information corresponds to the face of the user.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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