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Emerging Technologies and Sample Solutions

  1. Human recognition and identification
  2. Ubiquitous video
  3. Ubiquitous data sharing
  4. Information capturing tools
  5. Positioning technology
  6. Personal care

1. Human recognition and identification  
  • Face recognition
  • Biometrics (DNA, fingerprints, iris, gait)
  • Face de-identification [ref]
  • Self-controlling data
2. Ubiquitous video  
  • Video Surveillance
  • Ubiquitous Networks (Sensors)
  • Video abstraction: Video Footprinter, Video Blobber, Video Counting and Reporting Behaviors
3. Ubiquitous data sharing  
  • Semantic Web
  • Data Mining (person-specific patterns)
  • Bio-Terrorism Surveillance
  • CertBox (“Privacy Appliance”)
  • Reasonable Cause (“Selective Revelation”)
  • Distributed Surveillance
  • Privacy and Context Awareness ("eWallet")
  • Data Valuation by Simulation
  • Roster Collocation Networks [ref]
4. Information capturing tools  
  • Professional Assistants (“RADAR”)
  • Personal Diary (“Lifelog,” “Informedia”)
  • Speech recognition
  • Video and Sound Opt-Out
  • Text Anonymizer [ref]
  • Privacy Agent
5. Positioning technology  
  • E911 Mobile Phones
  • IR Tags
  • GPS
  • Blocking devices
  • Point location query restriction
6. Personal care  
  • Personal Robots
  • Intelligent Spaces
  • CareMedia
  • Face de-identification [ref] (see 1)
  • Video Footprinter (see 2)
  • Video Blobber (see 2)
  • Video Counting and Reporting Behaviors (see 2)
  • Video and Sound Opt-Out (see 4)
  • Reconcile Privacy and Context Awareness (see 3)
  • Privacy Agent (see 4)


More on Technology Group 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6


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