TRUST SMITH Co., Ltd., an AI venture from the University of Tokyo, has succeeded in developing "AI that removes personal information from drive recorder images" devised by Kotaro Sakamoto of the University of Tsukuba Graduate School. While the handling of personal information is being watched by the promulgation of the revised Personal Information Protection Law in June 2020, it will enable general-purpose use of drive recorder images.
It is a drive recorder that makes it easy to record and process information in a traffic accident, but the problem is that the video recorded on the drive recorder contains a lot of personal information such as faces, nameplates, and car license plates.Regarding the handling of personal information of businesses, it is obligatory to comply with the Personal Information Protection Law, and the revised Personal Information Protection Law was promulgated on June 2020, 6, and the retention period required for "retained personal data" This regulation tends to be stricter, such as the removal of requirements.
Therefore, TRUST SMITH has developed an AI that removes personal information from the video of the drive recorder.All elements related to personal information, such as an individual's face, nameplate, and car license plate, can be automatically recognized and the relevant parts can be automatically erased like a mosaic.Specifically, it has become possible to perform on-premises processing, which was difficult with existing video processing technology, and it has become possible to identify and remove personal information in real time for video shot by a drive recorder.In addition, a unique library that utilizes the latest technology can process high-precision video with a large amount of information at high speed.
Furthermore, cost benefits can be expected. The revised Personal Information Protection Law was promulgated in June, and it is expected that the cost of handling personal information of business operators will increase due to the obligation to respond to disclosure requests and suspension of use requests for facial photo data that is not stored for a long period of time. NS.If personal information is removed from the video of the drive recorder using the AI developed by the company, the video will no longer be "personal information" and will not be subject to the above legal obligation regarding the handling of personal information.
In the future, if AI that removes personal information from video data becomes widespread in society, it will be possible to acquire video from drive recorders in all situations where use is restricted from the perspective of handling personal information.If the huge amount of traffic accident data accumulated by the drive recorder can be continuously acquired, it will be possible to identify the cause of the traffic accident and predict the occurrence probability of the traffic accident, which is important for reducing the number of traffic accidents. It will be a stepping stone. TRUST SMITH estimates that AI, which removes personal information from video data, will become even more important and indispensable in the mobility field in the future.
