Patent ID: 11966486
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
process an image, with a first model or a second model, to convert the image into a binary image;
generate an identifier that identifies the first model or identifies the second model and a color removed from the image by the second model;
utilize color-space-based clustering to cluster pixels of the binary image and to generate a segmented image with a quantity of segments;
generate a particular number of segments to select that is less than the quantity of segments;
randomly or pseudorandomly select the particular number of segments, as selected segments, from the quantity of segments;
mask the selected segments in the segmented image to generate a protected image with masked segments;
associate the protected image with the identifier and with original pixel data of the masked segments; and
store the protected image, the identifier, and the original pixel data of the masked segments in a data structure.