公开(公告)号：US20210397751A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17190995

申请日：2021-03-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Deepak Iyer ,  Jessica Aranda ,  Cindy M. Barrett ,  Patrick Coffman ,  Julien Freudiger ,  Alexander S. Haas ,  Nahir A. Khan ,  Behkish J. Manzari ,  Kevin M. Miller ,  Brian Pietsch ,  Stephen J. Rhee ,  Stefan Stuerke ,  Eric L. Wilson

IPC: G06F21/83 ,  G06F21/12 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a software-based privacy indicator for a camera and microphone that focuses not purely on hardware status (e.g., on or off), but on whether potentially private data is flowing to the system or an application. If based purely on hardware status, the indicator for an electronic device may be shown in scenarios where no data actually flows to the system or applications. The privacy indicator will be enabled if any camera or microphone data is relayed to the operating system or an application that is executed via the operating system. When the device uses the microphone and camera to capture environmental metadata about the surroundings of the device without providing any audio samples, images, or video frames to the system or an application, the privacy indicator will not be enabled.

公开(公告)号：US12182319B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US17190995

申请日：2021-03-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Deepak Iyer ,  Jessica Aranda ,  Cindy M. Barrett ,  Patrick Coffman ,  Julien Freudiger ,  Alexander S. Haas ,  Nahir A. Khan ,  Behkish J. Manzari ,  Kevin M. Miller ,  Brian Pietsch ,  Stephen J. Rhee ,  Stefan Stuerke ,  Eric L. Wilson

IPC: G06F21/83 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F21/12 ,  G06F21/32

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a software-based privacy indicator for a camera and microphone that focuses not purely on hardware status (e.g., on or off), but on whether potentially private data is flowing to the system or an application. If based purely on hardware status, the indicator for an electronic device may be shown in scenarios where no data actually flows to the system or applications. The privacy indicator will be enabled if any camera or microphone data is relayed to the operating system or an application that is executed via the operating system. When the device uses the microphone and camera to capture environmental metadata about the surroundings of the device without providing any audio samples, images, or video frames to the system or an application, the privacy indicator will not be enabled.