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Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,204 · App. 17/636,965 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Imaging device, image data processing method, and program

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kunito (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04N23/951H04N23/661
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Patent No.
US 11,889,204
App. No.
17/636,965
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to make it possible to add an electronic signature to an edited image under reliable environment. An imaging device includes a determination processing unit that executes determination processing for determining whether or not image data is an own device captured image captured by an own device on the basis of metadata corresponding to the image data input from outside of the own device and a signature processing unit that acquires re-signature data different from signature data at the time of imaging using the image data and metadata for the image data determined as an own device captured image by the determination processing unit.

Claims (52)

1. An imaging device comprising:

a memory storing image data; and

a camera control circuitry configured to:

receive external metadata associated with the image data, the external metadata being external to the imaging device,

determine whether the image data was captured by the imaging device on a basis of the external metadata, and

responsive to determining that the image data was captured by the imaging device, acquire re-signature data using the image data and the external metadata, the re-signature data being different from signature data at a time the imaging device captured the image data.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured receive the image data from an external device, the external device being external to the imaging device, in which an edition parameter related to edition processing by the external device is included in the external metadata.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to determine whether the image data was captured by the imaging device using information regarding the imaging device included in the external metadata.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the image data is not edited by an external device and an edition parameter related to edition processing by the external device is added to the external metadata,

the camera control circuitry is further configured to acquire the image data and the re-signature data using the external metadata.

5. The imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to integrate the re-signature data with the image data and the external metadata including the edition parameter.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to acquire the image data captured by the imaging device and the signature data using the external metadata.

7. The imaging device according to claim 6 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to generate the signature data using the image data and the external metadata.

8. The imaging device according to claim 7 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to:

calculate a hash value using the image data and the external metadata, and

generate the signature data using the hash value that is calculated.

9. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to generate the re-signature data using the image data and the external metadata.

10. The imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to:

calculate a hash value using the image data and the external metadata, and

generate the re-signature data using the hash value that is calculated.

11. The imaging device according to claim 10 , wherein

the re-signature data is generated by the camera control circuitry using the hash value and a secret key in a public key encryption system.

12. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to generate edited image data by executing image processing on the image data using an edition parameter, and

the image data is not edited by an external device and the edition parameter related to edition processing by the external device is added to the external metadata.

13. The imaging device according to claim 12 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to acquire the edited image data and the re-signature data using the external metadata.

14. The imaging device according to claim 13 , wherein

the camera control circuitry is further configured to integrate the re-signature data with the edited image data and the external metadata.

15. The imaging device according to claim 14 , further comprising:

the camera control circuitry is further configured to output file data in which the re-signature data, the edited image data, and the external metadata are integrated.

16. An image data processing method comprising:

determining, with a camera control circuitry, whether image data was captured by an imaging device on a basis of external metadata associated with the image data, the external metadata being external to the imaging device; and

responsive to determining that the image data was captured by the imaging device, acquiring, with the camera control circuitry, re-signature data using the image data and the external metadata, the re-signature data being different from signature data at a time of the imaging device capturing the image data.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a program that when executed by an electronic processor, causes the electronic processor to perform a set of operations comprising:

determining whether image data was captured by an imaging device on a basis of external metadata associated with the image data, the external metadata being external to the imaging device; and

acquiring re-signature data using the image data and the external metadata, the re-signature data being different from signature data at a time of the imaging device capturing the image data.

18. The image data processing method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

acquiring the image data captured by the imaging device and the signature data using the external metadata.

19. The image data processing method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

generating the re-signature data using the image data and the external metadata.

20. The image data processing method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving the image data from an external device, the external device being external to the imaging device, in which an edition parameter related to edition processing by the external device is included in the external metadata.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-158052 · Aug 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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