Image obfuscation

Abstract

A method to obfuscate images is provided. The method may include a monitoring engine determining which images and regions of images need to be obfuscated. The method may also include an obfuscation engine determining the proper obfuscation processes in order to optimally obfuscate an image. The method may further include obfuscating the regions of the image based on the determined proper obfuscation processes. The method may also include marking the regions with an identifier representing the obfuscation process used. The method may also include using the identifiers in order to then de-obfuscate the image without a loss of image quality.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for managing image obfuscation comprising:
 identifying a plurality of regions of an image that requires obfuscation;   analyzing the plurality of identified regions of the image to determine two or more optimal obfuscation processes to obfuscate the identified regions, wherein the two or more optimal obfuscation process are different from each other;   obfuscating the identified regions based on the two or more optimal obfuscation processes; and   marking the plurality of identified regions with two or more identifiers that represent the two or more obfuscation processes, wherein the each of the two or more identifiers corresponds to one of the two or more obfuscation process, wherein the two or more identifiers are placed on the image itself, and wherein the two or more obfuscation process can be determined by accessing metadata of the image.