US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Oct. 7 for "Privacy-preserving surveillance camera" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,008, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Privacy-preserving surveillance camera" was invented by Arthur Arnaud (Meylan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus, method, and computer program product for preserving privacy while capturing imagery data in a surveillance setting are provided. In some embodiments, the example apparatus includes an event-based capture mechanism and a standard illuminance capture mechanism, electrically connected to a controller. The event-based capture mechanism is configured to generate an event-based image, while the standard illuminance ca...