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Canon Files For DSLR Iris Registration Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the biological-metadata dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canon has filed for a patent for using iris watermarking (as in the iris of your eye) to take photographer's copyright protection to the next level. You set up the camera to capture an image of your eye through the viewfinder. Once captured, this biological reference is embedded as metadata into every photo you take. Canon claims this will help with copyright infringement of photos online."

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  1. metadata by ultracool · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What about editing metadata?

  2. How does it guarantee the data is accurate? by DaleGlass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Most modern cameras have a LCD screen. That means it's going to be impractical to force the user to always look into the viewfinder. Also most decent cameras can take photos on a timer. That means the eye data must be stored.

    But this in turn makes it very easy to store anything as eye data. I could use my cat's eye for identification. Or find a high resolution photo on the web, print it, and try to get the camera to accept somebody else's eye.