Apple Inc.
Obfuscating Location Data Associated with a Physical Environment
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Abstract:
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for obfuscating location data associated with a physical environment. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining, via an environmental sensor, environmental data corresponding to a physical environment. A first portion of the environmental data that corresponds to a first location is identified. In response to the first location being of a first location type, location data indicative of the first location is obfuscated from the environmental data by modifying the first portion of the environmental data.
Status:
Application
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
31 Aug 2021
Issue date:
23 Dec 2021