Privacy Assuring Video-Based Monitoring System Considering Browsing Purposes

Abstract

We are trying to resolve privacy issues of monitoring cameras through the "Yaoyorozu Project," which is a research project based on a "transdisciplinary science and technology" approach. In this paper we describe technical issues that must be addressed to assure both privacy and monitoring availability. We describe the design and development of a system implementing a method that filters sensitive information in videos on the basis of data identifying the observers, camera locations, and the people observed by the cameras.