Patent ID: 11895394
Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 20:
21. A method of maintaining patient privacy in a video of a portion of a medical facility, the method comprising:
defining at least one privacy zone for the portion of the medical facility, wherein the at least one privacy zone comprises an object with text comprising patient identity information;
capturing, via an image data source having a perspective, a video stream of the portion of the medical facility that includes at least one portion of the at least one privacy zone;
detecting one or more edges of the object with text comprising patient identity information in the video stream of the portion of the medical facility;
transmitting the video stream comprising the at least one portion of the at least one privacy zone to authorized users;
modifying the video stream to obfuscate the at least one portion of the at least one privacy zone, wherein the one or more edges of the object with text comprising patient identity information provide a reference point to define the at least one portion of the at least one privacy zone that is obfuscated; and
transmitting the video stream in which the at least one portion of the at least one privacy zone is obfuscated to unauthorized users.