KR100751030B1 - System for protecting privacy and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a privacy protection system comprising: an image acquisition device (100) for transmitting image data photographing an image in a place requested by a customer; Receiving the public and private camera setting signal to determine the image data obtained from the image acquisition device as the public image data and private image data, and stores the determined image data, and displays the image data according to the authority of the intermediary An intermediate server 200 transmitting the image data; And storing the received image data after receiving the image data from the intermediary server, and authenticating by inputting a password set by the customer among the received image data, and displaying the private image data on the screen. Management server 300 that can be checked by; Characterized in that it comprises a.

According to the present invention, when a video system manager manages an image acquired from a predetermined place, the private video that the customer does not agree with is acquired only by the current operating state image of the camera, even if the video system administrator does not transmit the private video to the manager. As a result, the privacy of the subjects can be protected.

Privacy, public video data, private video data, operational video data, password, protection

Description

Privacy system and method {System for protecting privacy and method therefor}

1 is a block diagram of a privacy protection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an overall flowchart of a privacy method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A is an exemplary view of an interface screen for setting user rights according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3B is an exemplary view showing a screen displaying operating state image data according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3C is an exemplary view illustrating a screen displaying private video data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a detailed flowchart of an image data receiving step according to an embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention relates to a privacy protection system and method, and more particularly, when managing an image acquired from a predetermined place, the private image that the customer does not agree with for the protection of privacy, even if the image system administrator is the current operating state of the camera The present invention relates to a privacy protection system and a method for protecting a privacy of a photographic subject by allowing only an image to be checked.

In relation to the conventional image management system, a number of applications have been filed and registered in addition to the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2005-0017783, remote image control system and method (hereinafter referred to as "prior art").

The prior art is a remote video management server for performing a remote video control interlocked with a local surveillance terminal and the local surveillance terminal through a communication network, the registration and connection information of the user terminal and the user and the local surveillance terminal and the remote image Database unit for storing various monitoring data and event information generated during the control; When the monitoring data or event is received from the local monitoring terminal, the monitoring data or event is distributed to the user terminal that requires the monitoring data or event, and a control signal for controlling the local monitoring terminal is received and the corresponding signal is received. A local monitoring terminal controller for retransmitting to the local monitoring terminal; An event controller, when receiving an event from the local monitoring terminal controller, storing each of the received event and monitoring data transmitted in association with the event, and notifying the user terminal of the occurrence of the event; And a user terminal controller for distributing monitoring data or an event from the local monitoring terminal controller to the corresponding user terminal and transmitting the control signal from the user terminal to the local monitoring terminal controller. It includes.

However, the prior art has a problem of invading privacy by providing private images such as dressing room images and toilet images, which are not desired to be released by the subjects, without the consent of the subjects.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and when managing an image obtained from a predetermined place, the private image, which the customer does not agree with, can be checked only by the current operating state image of the camera, even if the image system administrator The aim is to protect the privacy of the subjects.

Still another object of the present invention is to enable private video confirmation by performing a verification step by inputting a preset password by a customer when it is necessary to confirm private video.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a privacy protection system comprising: an image acquisition device (100) for transmitting image data photographing an image in a place requested by a customer; Receiving the public and private camera setting signal to determine the image data obtained from the image acquisition device as the public image data and private image data, and stores the determined image data, and displays the image data according to the authority of the intermediary An intermediate server 200 transmitting the image data; And storing the received image data after receiving the image data from the mediation server, and performing an authentication by inputting a password set by the customer among the received image data, and displaying the private image data on the screen. A management server 300 that can be displayed and checked; Characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, the mediation server 200 includes: a data receiving unit 210 for receiving a camera setting signal for a public image and a camera setting signal for a private image set by a customer from the management server; An image collecting unit 220 collecting various image data transmitted from the image obtaining apparatus through a wired cable; An image converter 230 for converting an image data input in an analog format through the image collector to a digital format; A user who sets the received image data as the public image data by the data receiving unit, which can be checked in real time by the intermediary without the customer's consent, and the image data which can be checked only after the customer's consent is set as the private image data. A permission setting unit 240; An image storage unit 260 which stores a camera setting signal for public image data and private image data through the data receiving unit, and the public image data and the private image data classified from the user authority setting unit; A display unit 270 for displaying the public image data and the operation state image data among the received image data through a real-time screen; A data transmitter 250 for transmitting the image data received from the image acquisition apparatus; And a data retrieval unit 280 capable of providing the image data desired by an intermediary by retrieving the image data acquired from the image acquisition device by date, time and place. Characterized in that it comprises a.

Also preferably, the management server 300, an input unit 310 for receiving a camera setting signal for a public image, a camera setting signal for a private image, and a password to confirm the private image from a customer; A data receiver 320 for receiving the video data including the public video data and the private video data from the data transmitter; A data analyzer 330 for classifying the received image data into the public image data and the private image data according to a public and private camera setting signal; The camera setting signal for the public image set by the customer received through the input unit, the camera setting signal for the private image, the password for confirming the private image, and the public image data classified by the data analyzer and the private A hard disk unit 340 for storing image data; Among the image data received from the data transmitter, the public image data and the operation state image data are displayed in real time, and if the authentication step is successfully performed, the private image data is displayed, and the authentication step is not successfully performed. A monitor unit 350 for displaying an operation error message in the case; And when the public video data is requested, cause the monitor to display real-time public video data and operation state video data, and when the private video data is requested, to the monitor unit only when a preset password is input by the customer. A controller (360) for causing the display unit to display the private image data and displaying an operation error message instead of the private image when the preset password is not input; Characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, the operation state image data may include an image acquisition device number, a current time, a current date, and a current operation state in a string form.

On the other hand, the present invention provides a privacy protection method using the system according to claim 1, comprising: (a) a management server receiving image data; (b) determining and storing the video data received by the management server as public video data and private video data; (c) displaying, by the management server, operation state image data for the public image data and the private image in real time; (d) receiving a password for displaying the private video data, when the management server receives the display request signal of the private video data; (e) the management server determining whether a password input from the administrator is a password preset by the customer; (f) if the input password matches the determined result of step (e), displaying, by the management server, the requested private image; And (g) if the input password does not match, the management server displaying an operation error message; Characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, the step (a) may include: (a-1) an intermediate server receiving the image data acquired by the image acquisition device; (a-2) classifying and storing the image data into public data and the private data by the intermediate server; And (a-3) real time display of operation state image data of the public image data and the private image by the mediation server; Characterized in that it comprises a.

And preferably, before the step (a), the management server receiving a camera setting signal for a public image and a camera setting signal for a private image from the customer from the customer; And transmitting, by the management server, the received public and private camera setting signal to the intermediate server. Characterized in that it comprises a.

The features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims are defined in the technical spirit of the present invention on the basis of the principle that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of the term in order to explain his invention in the best way. It should be interpreted to mean meanings and concepts. In addition, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known function and its configuration related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, it should be noted that the detailed description is omitted.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the present invention.

The privacy protection system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 as follows.

1 is a block diagram of a privacy protection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the privacy protection system to which the present invention is applied includes an information communication network N, an image acquisition device 100, an intermediary server 200, and a management server 300.

First, the information communication network (N) performs a function for transmitting and receiving data between the intermediate server 200 and the management server 300, a TCP / IP protocol that can be wired or a WAP protocol that can be connected wirelessly Internet network using the back is included.

In addition, the plurality of image acquisition apparatus 100 may be composed of a camera for acquiring image data of a surveillance zone requested by a customer, a microphone for acquiring image data, a microphone for acquiring audio data, and detection sensors for acquiring various sensing data. In addition, the remote image data obtained through each image acquisition apparatus 100 is transmitted to the intermediary server 200 connected through a wired cable in real time.

In this case, the image data may be an image photographed by a camera installed in the surveillance zone, a voice acquired by a microphone, and various sensing data obtained by a detection sensor, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

For reference, the image acquisition apparatus 100 may include a digital video recorder (DVR) and an image transmission camera. In particular, the digital video recorder (DVR) supports a storage function, so that the image data of the surveillance zone is relayed to the media server 200. It can be saved independently at the same time as it is sent.

In addition, the mediation server 200 receives the public and private camera setting signals from the management server 300 to determine the image data obtained from the image acquisition apparatus 100 as the public image data and the private image data, and then determine the image data. Stores one image data, displays the image data according to the authority of the intermediary, and transmits the image data to the management server 300, the data receiver 210, the image collector 220, the image converter 230, a user authority setting unit 240, a data transmission unit 250, an image storage unit 260, a display unit 270, and a data search unit 280.

The data receiving unit 210 receives a camera setting signal for the public image and a camera setting signal for the private image set by the customer from the management server 300.

In addition, the image acquisition unit 220 performs a function of collecting various image data transmitted from the image acquisition device 100 through a wired cable.

In addition, the image converter 230 performs a function of converting the image into a digital format so that the intermediary can check the image data input in the analog format through the image collector 220.

At this time, the intermediary can check the public video data agreed to by the customer, the private video data that the customer does not agree with cannot be confirmed, and if the private video data is to be checked, only the current operating state video data of the camera can be checked. The present invention is not limited thereto.

Here, the private image data includes only the operation state image data including the image acquisition device number, the current time, the current date, and the current operation state in the form of a string, and does not include the image data, but the present invention is limited thereto. It doesn't work.

In addition, the user authority setting unit 240 sets the received image data by the data receiving unit 210 to the public image data, which can be checked in real time without the consent of the customer, and the mediator can confirm only if the customer has the consent of the customer. Set the video data as private video data.

In addition, the data transmitter 250 transmits the image data received from the image acquisition apparatus 100 to the management server 300 through the information communication network (N).

Here, the image data includes both the public image data and the private image data determined by the user authority setting unit 240.

Also, the image storage unit 260 stores a camera setting signal for the public image data and the private image data through the data receiving unit 210, and the public image data and the private image data classified from the user authority setting unit 240. In general, a function of generating and managing predetermined data by a database management software is performed.

In addition, the display unit 270 displays a public image data and an operation state image data among the received image data through a real-time screen.

In addition, the data retrieval unit 280 may provide data by searching for image data desired by an agent by date, time, and place among the image data acquired from the image acquisition apparatus 100, but the present invention is not limited thereto. .

In this case, when the customer requests the image data, both the public image data and the private image data may be provided, but when the broker requests the image data, the public image data and the operation state image data are provided and the private image data are not provided.

In addition, the management server 300 stores the received image data after receiving the image data from the mediation server 200 through the information communication network (N), and the administrator inputs a password preset by the customer among the received image data. By performing authentication to display private image data on a screen to perform the function of checking the input unit 310, data receiving unit 320, data analyzing unit 330, hard disk unit 340, and monitor unit. 350 and the controller 360.

 The input unit 310 performs a function of receiving a password for checking a camera setting signal for a public image, a camera setting signal for a private image, and a private image from a customer.

The data receiver 320 performs a function of receiving image data including public image data and private image data from the data transmitter 240 of the intermediate server through the information communication network N.

Also, the data analyzer 330 classifies the received image data into the public image data and the private image data by the public and private camera setting signals.

In addition, the hard disk unit 340 stores the data received through the input unit 310 and the data received through the data receiving unit 320.

In the present embodiment, the data received through the input unit 310 includes a camera setting signal for the public image set by the customer, a camera setting signal for the private image and a password to check the private image, the data receiving unit 320 Data received through) includes the public image data and the private image data classified by the data analyzer 320, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, the monitor 350 displays in real time the public image data and the operating state image data among the image data received from the mediation server 200, and displays the private image data when the authentication step is successfully performed, and the authentication step is successful. If not done, the function displays an error message.

The controller 360 transmits the public and private camera setting signals to the data receiving unit 210, and when the public image data is requested, causes the monitor unit 350 to display real-time public image data and operation state image data. When private image data is requested, the administrator causes the monitor 350 to display the private image data only when the customer inputs a preset password, and an operation error instead of the private image when the preset password is not input. After displaying the message, the monitor 350 causes the operation state image data to be displayed.

In this case, the administrator can check the public video data agreed to by the customer, and the private video data that the customer does not agree with may be able to confirm the private video data by inputting a password set by the customer, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Do not.

Hereinafter, a privacy protection method will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 3C through the system having the configuration of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a privacy protection method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3A is an exemplary view of an interface screen for setting user rights according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a view illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating a screen displaying operating state image data, and FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating a screen displaying private image data, according to an exemplary embodiment.

First, the control unit 360 of the management server displays the interface screen according to the embodiment of the present invention on the monitor unit 350 as shown in FIG. 3A, and then the image acquisition apparatus 100 through the input unit 310. The camera setting signal for the public image and the camera setting signal for the private image are received (S2).

In this embodiment, a password is set in the camera for the private image to protect the privacy of the subject.

Next, the controller 360 receives the image data from the data transmission unit 250 of the mediation server (S4).

In this case, the image data refers to data obtained by photographing an image of the surveillance zone requested by the customer from a plurality of image acquisition devices.

The controller 360 determines the public video data and the private video data by using the public and private camera setting signals of the acquired video data, and stores the discriminated video data (S6).

In this case, the public video data by the public camera setting signal is data that does not require the consent of the customer, and the private video data by the private camera setting signal is private video data that can be confirmed only by obtaining the customer's consent.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the controller 360 displays the operation state image data for the public image data and the private image in real time through the monitor 350 (S8).

In the present embodiment, the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are cameras set for acquiring a public image, and the fourth camera is a camera set for a private camera, so the first, second, and third cameras are used. While the public image data is displayed, the camera 4 is set to display the operating state image data of the camera corresponding to the private image data, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Here, since the operating state image data can be displayed on the screen only by obtaining the consent of the customer, the image including the image acquisition device number, the current time, the current date, the current operating state, but the present invention is set, This is not limited to this.

The controller 360 determines whether the image data that the manager wants to receive is public image data (S10).

In step S10, in the case of public image data, the controller 360 returns to step S8.

Meanwhile, in step S10, in the case of private video data, the controller 360 requests an administrator to input a password for confirming private video data (S12).

In this case, the password is set in case of the unavoidable case where the customer has to check the private image data to maintain the private image in order to protect the subject.

The controller 360 determines whether the password input by the administrator matches the password preset by the customer (S14).

In operation S14, when the password input by the administrator matches the password preset by the customer, the controller 360 displays the private video data and the public video data through the monitor 350 as illustrated in FIG. 3C. Display and provide (S16).

In this embodiment, camera 1, camera 2, and camera 3 display public video, and camera 4 displays private video data when the camera displays the operating status video data for the private video data. In order to input a preset password by a customer, the private video data is set to be displayed. However, the present invention is not limited thereto.

On the other hand, in step S14, if the password entered by the administrator does not match the password set by the customer, the controller 360 displays the operation error message through the monitor 350 (S18), Returning to step S8, the public image data and the operation state image data are displayed on the monitor unit.

An image data receiving step of step S4 is described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

4 is a detailed flowchart of an image data receiving step according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mediation server 200 receives the image data of the remote location acquired from each image acquisition apparatus 100 in real time through a wired cable (S20).

The mediation server 200 classifies and stores the acquired image data as public image data and data requiring the consent of the customer as private image data (S22).

The mediation server 200 displays in real time the operating state image data for the public image data and the private image through the display unit (S24).

Here, the operation state image data can be displayed on the screen only by obtaining the consent of the customer, so that the image acquisition device number, the current time, the current date, the current operation state, etc. is set, but the present invention It is not limited to this.

As described above and described with reference to a preferred embodiment for illustrating the technical idea of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the configuration and operation as shown and described as described above, it is a deviation from the scope of the technical idea It will be understood by those skilled in the art that many modifications and variations can be made to the invention without departing from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, all such suitable changes and modifications and equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention as described above, when a video system manager manages an image acquired from a predetermined place in a video complementary system, private images such as a locker room image and a toilet image, which the customer does not agree with, may be present in the camera even if the video system administrator does not. By acquiring only the operation state image, the private image is not transmitted to the administrator, thereby protecting the privacy of the subject.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the private image must be confirmed, the user inputs a preset password to perform an authentication step, so that the private image can be confirmed, and even without inputting the password, the operating state image data of the camera is received. By obtaining basic data, it is also possible to receive image data while protecting the privacy of the subject.

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In the privacy system, An image acquisition device 100 for transmitting image data photographing an image in a place requested by a customer; Receiving the public and private camera setting signal to determine the image data obtained from the image acquisition device as the public image data and private image data, and stores the determined image data, and displays the image data according to the authority of the intermediary An intermediate server 200 transmitting the image data; And After receiving the image data from the intermediary server, the received image data is stored, and the administrator inputs a password set by the customer among the received image data to perform authentication, thereby displaying the private image data on the screen. Management server 300 that can be confirmed; Including but not limited to: The mediation server 200, A data receiving unit 210 for receiving a camera setting signal for a public image and a camera setting signal for a private image set by a customer from the management server; An image collecting unit 220 collecting various image data transmitted from the image obtaining apparatus through a wired cable; An image converter 230 for converting an image data input in an analog format through the image collector to a digital format; A user who sets the received image data as the public image data by the data receiving unit, which can be checked in real time by the intermediary without the customer's consent, and the image data which can be checked only after the customer's consent is set as the private image data. A permission setting unit 240; An image storage unit 260 which stores a camera setting signal for public image data and private image data through the data receiving unit, and the public image data and the private image data classified from the user authority setting unit; A display unit 270 for displaying the public image data and the operation state image data among the received image data through a real-time screen; A data transmitter 250 for transmitting the image data received from the image acquisition apparatus; And A data retrieval unit 280 capable of providing the image data desired by an intermediary by retrieving the image data acquired from the image acquisition device by date, time and place; Including; The management server 300, An input unit 310 for receiving a camera setting signal for a public image, a camera setting signal for a private image, and a password to confirm the private image from a customer; A data receiver 320 for receiving the video data including the public video data and the private video data from the data transmitter; A data analyzer 330 for classifying the received image data into the public image data and the private image data according to public and private camera setting signals; The camera setting signal for the public image set by the customer received through the input unit, the camera setting signal for the private image, the password for confirming the private image, and the public image data classified by the data analyzer and the private A hard disk unit 340 for storing image data; Among the image data received from the data transmitter, the public image data and the operation state image data are displayed in real time, and if the authentication step is successfully performed, the private image data is displayed, and the authentication step is not successfully performed. A monitor unit 350 for displaying an operation error message in the case; And When the public video data is requested, the monitor causes the monitor to display real-time public video data and operation state video data, and when the private video data is requested, the monitor is allowed only when a preset password is input by the customer. A controller 360 configured to display the private image data, and to display the operation state image data after the operation error message is displayed instead of the private image when the preset password is not input; Privacy protection system comprising a. delete delete The method of claim 1, The operation state image data, Privacy protection system characterized in that it comprises the image acquisition device number, the current time, the current date, the current operating state in the form of a string. In the privacy protection method using the system of Claim 1, (a) the management server receiving the image data; (b) determining and storing the video data received by the management server as public video data and private video data; (c) displaying, by the management server, operation state image data for the public image data and the private image data in real time; (d) receiving a password for displaying the private video data, when the management server receives the display request signal of the private video data; (e) the management server determining whether a password input from the administrator is a password preset by the customer; (f) if the input password matches the determined result of step (e), displaying, by the management server, the requested private image; And (g) if the input password does not match, the management server displays an operation error message; Including but not limited to: Before step (a), Receiving, by the management server, a camera setting signal for a public image and a camera setting signal for a private image of the image acquisition device from a customer; And Transmitting, by the management server, the received public and private camera setting signal to the intermediate server; Privacy protection method comprising a. The method of claim 5, Step (a) is, (a-1) a mediation server receiving the image data acquired by the image acquisition device; (a-2) classifying and storing the image data into public data and the private data by the intermediate server; And (a-3) real time display of operation state image data of the public image data and the private image by the mediation server; Privacy protection method comprising a. delete

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