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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a device, an image;
processing, by the device, the image, with a first model or a second model, to convert the image into a binary image;
generating, by the device, an identifier that identifies the first model or identifies the second model and a color removed from the image by the second model;
utilizing, by the device, color-space-based clustering to cluster pixels of the binary image and to generate a segmented image with a quantity of segments;
generating, by the device, a particular number of segments to select that is less than the quantity of segments;
masking, by the device, a selected number of segments in the segmented image to generate a protected image with masked segments;
associating, by the device, the protected image with the identifier and with original pixel data of the masked segments; and
storing, by the device, the protected image, the identifier, and the original pixel data of the masked segments in a data structure.