TWM558393U - Scanning system for personal information - Google Patents

Abstract

A scanning system for personal information is provided. The scanning system includes a computer system having a storage unit. The computer obtains a personal information image having privacy information, obtains digital images from the storage unit, and compares the personal information image and the digital images, so as to determine if the digital images have the privacy information.

Description

Personal inventory system

The present invention relates to a personal inventory system, and in particular to a personal inventory system that can scan digital images.

With the popularity of electronic devices and storage devices, individuals or businesses have storage devices to store a wide variety of files. Some files in the storage device may have private information. Generally, users can select files with private information and encrypt them. However, if the user does not encrypt all of the private information, then the information has concerns about leakage. How to ensure that all privacy information is found, a topic of interest to those skilled in the field.

The embodiment of the present invention proposes a personal inventory system, including a server and a computer system. The computer system has a storage unit for transmitting the capital image to the server, and the image has private information. The server generates a sample file based on the capital image and transmits the sample file to the computer system. The computer system takes multiple digital images from the storage unit and compares the sample files with Digital image to determine whether there is privacy information in the digital image.

In some embodiments, the image of the document or bill is included in the personal image.

In some embodiments, the computer system retrieves at least one file from the storage unit and converts the file to a digital image.

In some embodiments, the computer system also determines if the file file has private information.

In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a personal inventory system, including a computer system. This computer system has a storage unit. The computer system obtains a capital image, and this image has privacy information. The computer system obtains a plurality of digital images from the storage unit, and compares the personal image and the digital image to determine whether the digital image has private information.

In the above-mentioned personal inventory system, it is possible to find private information stored in the form of images.

The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description.

100‧‧‧ inventory system

110‧‧‧ computer system

112‧‧‧storage unit

120‧‧‧Network

130‧‧‧Server

210, 220‧‧‧Selection area

230‧‧‧ display area

240‧‧‧Evaluation area

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system of inventory points according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a user interface according to an embodiment.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a system of inventory points according to an embodiment. Figure. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the personal inventory system 100 includes a computer system 110 and a server 130. The computer system 110 can be a smart phone, a tablet, a personal computer, a notebook computer, an industrial computer, or other form of computer. The server 130 can be composed of one or more hosts. The computer system 110 can be connected to the server 130 via the network 120. The network 120 can be a regional network, a wide area network, or other suitable network. This is not the case. The computer system 110 has a storage unit 112. The storage unit 112 can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, such as a random access memory, a hard disk, or a flash memory.

The computer system 110 will obtain a personal image, which contains privacy information. For example, the image may be an image obtained by a user using a smart phone or a digital camera to capture documents, bills, cards, and the like. Alternatively, the image is obtained by scanning the user's ID, bill or card. In other words, the personal image has images of documents, bills, and cards. The user can transmit the personal image to the computer system 110 through any transmission method (wired or wireless), or obtain the capital image through a device (such as a lens) on the computer system 110.

The above-mentioned documents may be an ID card, a health insurance card, a driver's license, or any organization-provided certificate, and the above-mentioned card may be a credit card, a financial card, or a card provided by any organization. In some embodiments, the document or card has a user's photo, but in other embodiments the document or card may also have no photo, but other privacy information such as number, birthday, signature, and the like. In some embodiments, the bills described above are, for example, credit card bills, utility bills, telecom bills, or any other bills, which may be on the bill. Privacy information such as credit card number and mobile number. In other words, the above-mentioned privacy information may exist in the image in the form of text, or may exist in the image in the form of symbols and images, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the personal image obtained by the computer system 110 may also contain some unrelated parts, such as a background when photographing, a blank space during scanning, and the like. The computer system 110 can transmit the image to the server 130, and generate a sample file according to the image, and the unrelated portion has been deleted in the sample file and a specific pattern or text portion is retained. For example, the server 130 may extract a portion of the certificate, the card from the personal image, or extract the card number of the credit card from the bill. In other words, the sample file has the above privacy information. In some embodiments, the server 130 may obtain the format of the relevant documents, cards, and bills in advance to extract a portion from the capital image that conforms to the format. After obtaining the sample file, the server 130 can transmit the sample file back to the computer system 110. In some embodiments, the sample file may be an image file, a portable file format, a compressed file, or any other file format. The present invention does not limit the file format of the sample file.

Next, the user can select those files to be scanned in the storage unit 112 through an interface provided by the computer system 110 (including, for example, a screen, a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch screen). 2 is a schematic diagram showing a user interface in accordance with an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, for example, the storage unit 112 can be a hard disk, and the user can select those slots and folders to be scanned in the selection area 210.

In some embodiments, the user may also be in the selection area 220. Select the file format to be scanned, and the options are, for example, JPG file, word file, excel file, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto. Thereafter, computer system 110 can retrieve multiple digital images from a slot or folder selected by the user. In some embodiments, if the user selects a file file (eg, word file, excel file, etc.), the computer system can first convert the file file into a digital image, so that the image in the file file is not missed. In other words, the digital images found can be stored in JPG files, word files or excel files. The present invention does not limit what file formats are present in these digital images.

The computer system 110 compares the digital images with the sample files described above to determine whether the digital images contain privacy information contained in the sample files. For example, the sample file 230 or the digital image found may be displayed in the display area 230. It can be seen from the embodiment of FIG. 2 that the sample files or digital images are ID cards, health insurance cards, driver's licenses and the like. On the other hand, the degree of similarity between the found digital image and the sample file can be displayed in the evaluation area 240, and these similarities are classified (for example, serious risk, high risk, and mild risk, etc.). In some embodiments, it may also be set that when the similarity is greater than a certain threshold, it indicates that the corresponding digital image contains privacy information, but the present invention does not limit the threshold value. In this way, the user can know whether the file in the storage unit 112 has private information. In the prior art, only information such as text can be compared. However, through the above method, the privacy information about the image can be found, and the privacy of the user can be protected.

In some embodiments, after the computer system 110 finds the file file from the storage unit 112, the computer system 110 can also determine whether there is a file file. Privacy information. For example, the computer system 110 can compare the text and the number in the file file to determine whether the file file has private information such as a credit card number, an address, an ID number, and a mobile phone number.

It should be noted that the interface of FIG. 2 is only an example, and those skilled in the art can design other user interfaces according to the above disclosure. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

In some embodiments, the step of comparing the digital image and the sample file may use any image processing algorithm, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in some embodiments, the feature vectors of the file and the digital image may be sampled first, and the feature vectors are obtained, for example, by calculating a gradient in the image. The present invention does not limit which feature vector is used. Next, the similarity between the sample file and the digital image can be calculated. The similarity is, for example, the square root difference between the feature vectors, etc., and the similarity displayed in the evaluation area 240 can be calculated according to the magnitude of the square root difference. degree. However, those skilled in the art can use other algorithms for calculating image similarity, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In the above embodiment, the computer system 110 first transmits the personal image to the server 130 to obtain the sample file. However, in some embodiments, the computer system 110 can directly compare the digits in the image and storage unit 112. The image is used to determine whether the digital information has the privacy information. Alternatively, the computer system 110 can generate a sample file by itself, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above by way of example, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art is not Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, the scope of protection of the present invention is subject to the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (8)

A personal inventory system includes: a server; and a computer system having a storage unit, the computer system transmitting a capital image to the server, wherein the image has privacy information, and the server is configured to The personal image generates the same file and transmits the sample file to the computer system. The computer system obtains a plurality of digital images from the storage unit, and compares the sample file with the digital images to determine the digital images. Whether the privacy information is in the image. The asset inventory system of claim 1, wherein the image has an image of a document or a bill. The personal inventory system of claim 1, wherein the computer system obtains at least one file from the storage unit and converts the at least one file to at least one of the digital images. The personal inventory system of claim 1, wherein the computer system further obtains a file from the storage unit and determines whether the file has the privacy information. A personal inventory system includes: a computer system having a storage unit, the computer system obtaining a capital image, wherein the image has private information, and the computer system obtains a plurality of digital images from the storage unit, and The plurality of digital images and the digital images are used to determine whether the digital information has the private information. For example, the asset inventory system described in claim 5, wherein the image has an image of a document or a bill. The personal inventory system of claim 5, wherein the computer system obtains at least one file file from the storage unit and converts the at least one file file into at least one of the digital images. The asset inventory system of claim 5, wherein the computer system further obtains a file file from the storage unit and determines whether the file file has the privacy information.