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7292727 |
Electronic ink as a software object
Described is electronic ink maintained as a software object, thereby associating ink functionality with electronic ink data. The ink may be separated into words or characters, with one object per...
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7292708 |
Method for blindly embedding and extracting a watermark by using wavelet transform and an HVS model
The present invention relates to a method for blindly embedding and extracting a watermark by using wavelet transform and a human visual system (HVS) model, which obtains both robustness and...
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7292709 |
System for transmitting patient information
A plurality of nodes are connected to a network. A first node converts the image signals into image signal data and transmits the same. A second node converts the biological signals into biological...
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7289643 |
Method, apparatus and programs for generating and utilizing content signatures
The present invention relates to deriving and utilizing content signatures. A content signature is a representation of a content item, which is derived from the content item itself. According to...
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7289644 |
Anti-piracy coding of motion pictures
A method for uniquely identifying a copy of a motion picture disposed on a medium. A first sequence and a second sequence of the motion picture each can be selectively marked with an identifier...
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7286682 |
Show-through watermarking of duplex printed documents
A printing apparatus and method for duplex printing a document having a show-through watermark wherein the watermark is comprised of first and second images on both sides of the document. The...
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7286157 |
Computerized method and apparatus for determining field-of-view relationships among multiple image sensors
A computerized method of image analysis that includes receiving first image data for a plurality of first video frames representing a first scene. Each first video frame is composed of a plurality...
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7286685 |
Halftone watermarking and related applications
The present invention relates generally to digital watermarking. In one embodiment, a method of detecting copying of a printed object is provided. In another embodiment, a method is provided to...
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7286684 |
Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information
A two dimensional pattern design for secure documents serves as both a machine readable code and an aesthetic part of the documents' design. A method for generating the design generates a variable...
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7286683 |
Container identification and tracking system
A system for automatically identifying containers that are loaded/unloaded by a crane and for capturing and/or analyzing images of at least a part of the container. A camera control system is...
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7286819 |
Printing apparatus, print control method, and program product
To improve usability by prevent a print output which is not desired by the user from being outputted, for example, whether an image is outputted when a deterioration state exceeds a specific...
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7284128 |
Recording medium, recording medium method and apparatus , information signal output control method, recording medium reproducing apparatus, signal transmission method, and content data
A record medium for recording an information signal in which a first watermark and a second watermark have been embedded, the first watermark being embedded when the information signal is...
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7283657 |
Method and system for automatically orienting a spherical object
A system, methods and apparatus for rapidly and automatically orienting spherical objects, such as game balls, for subsequent downstream processing comprises a series of processing steps that can...
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7283643 |
Determination of a segmentation of a digital signal for inserting watermarking signals and the associated insertion
The invention is a method for determining a segmentation into distinct regions of a set of coefficients representing at least part of an image in order to insert or extract a set of watermarking...
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7283211 |
Distance-measuring optical apparatus, distance-measuring method, distance-measuring system, in-vehicle imager, and in-vehicle driving support apparatus
A distance-measuring optical apparatus for measuring a distance to an object as a target comprises an imaging optical system; an image sensor; a driving section for moving at least the imaging...
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7280671 |
Image processing to prevent forgery
Control over processing of image data in a system comprising a plurality of scanning devices and a plurality of printing devices, each of which may or may not include a forgery-preventing function....
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7280670 |
Image confirming method
Quality of a plurality of images having a common characteristic is confirmed collectively and the images after the confirmation are transferred collectively. Images acquired by a reading apparatus...
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7280661 |
Data output method and apparatus, data playback method and apparatus, data recording method and apparatus, and data recording and playback method and apparatus
A method for outputting data read from a recording medium including decoding data read from a recording medium, embedding electronic watermark information in the decoded data when the decoded data...
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7280669 |
Digital image watermarking apparatus and method
The present invention relates to a digital image watermarking apparatus and method. Luminance component of a digital image are transformed into coefficients of a frequency domain, and watermark is...
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7280672 |
Image data processing
A digital image is processed to hide information, by generally inconspicuous adjustments thereof. These adjustments can define a pattern that extends across some or all of the image. Desirably, the...
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7277557 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium of image processing program
A pattern generating section forms two patterns based on a pattern size, an embedding strength, and a pattern attenuation ratio. When corresponding pixels in two patterns are added to each other,...
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7274799 |
System and method for using a digital watermark on a graphical user interface as identifying indicia in a healthcare setting
A method for use in a computer system is provided that links a patient with patient-related data that is displayed on a graphical user interface. The method includes first determining if a digital...
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7272240 |
Method and apparatus for generating, sensing, and adjusting watermarks
A method and apparatus for generating and adjusting a watermark in a watermarking system comprising a watermark generator and a watermark detector includes the watermark generator emitting the...
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7268906 |
Systems and methods for authenticating and verifying documents
Xerox Docket No. D/A0037Q Document authentication is accomplished by acquiring document image data, generating a set of features of the document, and generating an assist channel that includes...
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7269735 |
Instance specific digital watermarks
A method and apparatus for dynamically applying digital watermarks. Requested content is sent to a security module of a user device. A digital watermark is dynamically determined based at least on...
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7269734 |
Invisible digital watermarks
A digital watermark is added to audio or visual content. An illustrative embodiment segments the content, permutes the segments, and transforms such data into another domain. The transformed data...
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7269273 |
Image processing apparatus for embedding information with a noise-multiplexed distribution, and method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium therefor
This invention can multiplex noise on multilevel image data to reversibly embed visible additional information with a noise-multiplexed distribution while maintaining the atmosphere of the...
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7269275 |
Physical objects and validation of physical objects
The present invention relates generally to validating and providing physical objects. In one implementation, a physical object includes a first digital watermark carried thereon. The first digital...
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7269274 |
Digital watermark embedding method, digital watermark extraction method, digital watermark embedding apparatus, and digital watermark extraction apparatus
An apparatus for embedding a digital watermark in a document image detects circumscribing outer shapes of characters in the document image and sets a plurality of reference lines that extend in the...
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7266522 |
Method and system in electronic commerce for uniquely identifying products to improve reliability and confidence in transactions initiated online
A method, apparatus, system, or computer program product facilitates trustworthy electronic commerce by providing a methodology for uniquely identifying a product offered for sale online so as to...
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7266477 |
Method and system for sensor signal fusion
The first sensor collects a first group of first sensor readings of first fixed size dependent on a range of a first sensor and safeguarding requirements of a vehicle. A second sensor collects a...
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7266215 |
Image forming apparatus and copy management system
An additional data useful for the management of copies of a document for an image forming apparatus is embedded in a hard copy of the document. The additional data is embedded in an inherent image...
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7266217 |
Multiple watermarks in content
Image, video, and/or audio data is encoded with at least first and second watermarks. In one implementation a method includes: receiving content; embedding a first watermark signal in the content;...
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7266216 |
Inserting and detecting watermarks in images derived from a source image
The present invention provides an image watermarking technique whereby a watermark is inserted into an adjusted digital source image that is bounded by a specific bounding rectangle. If the source...
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7261612 |
Methods and systems for read-aloud books
The pages of a children's book are marked in a machine-readable manner (e.g., by imperceptible digital watermark technology). When such a page is shown to a camera-equipped computer device, the...
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7263203 |
Digital watermarks
An iterative encoding technique assesses trial watermark encoding of an object, and redresses any detected shortcomings in one or more successive re-encodings of the object. Other improvements...
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7263202 |
Watermarking to control video recording
Video programs are identified by watermark data subliminally conveyed within the picture data. By reference to such program identification data, video recording devices can automatically identify...
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7262870 |
Image processing method for use in printer driver
An image processing method for use in a printer driver includes steps of receiving an instruction for a printing process, judging whether an image corresponding to a developed image signal...
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7263204 |
Blind watermarking method by grouping codewords for VQ-quantized images
A blind watermarking method by grouping codewords for VQ-quantized images is disclosed. Especially there is provided a watermark insertion method in which a codebook is divided into three groups...
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7262882 |
Distribution curve generating device
A plurality of color signals indicative of a plurality of color patterns are processed based on a first distribution curve to distribute the original color signals into color signals for normal ink...
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7263201 |
Record carrier with watermark
A record carrier includes a pattern of substantially parallel tracks for storing data in the form of marks, in which the data is encoded by a channel code. A watermark is provided by controlling...
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7260239 |
Information processing method and information processor
An information hiding system such as a digital-watermark information system has an embedding side and an extracting side for recognizing an identical character string in which digital-watermark...
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7260238 |
Digital watermark embedding method, apparatus, digital watermark extraction method and apparatus
Distance d 1 between the right edges of A 1 and B 2 , and distance d 2 between the right edges of A 3 and B 4 are calculated. If data to be embedded is 1, one or a combination of a process for...
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7260220 |
Adaptive watermarking
A method and apparatus ( 200 ) for embedding a watermark in an information signal bit-stream are described. The method comprises receiving a portion of an information signal bit-stream (MPEG2). A...
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7260237 |
Method and system for generating data of an application with a picture
A method for generating data of an application with a picture, has the steps of authenticating that a person who makes picture-attached application data is an applicant, acquiring private...
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7257233 |
Image forming device and image forming method
The present invention is intended to provide an image forming apparatus and an image forming method which are high in user-friendliness and entertainment and enhanced in convenience in viewing...
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7257234 |
Watermark-based goods authentication
An implementation is described herein facilitates certification of goods and/or identifications of the source of such goods. At least one implementation, described herein, embeds a watermark into a...
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7254249 |
Embedding location data in video
Digital watermarking technology is used to convey location data for images or objects depicted in video. A digital watermark may associate geovector information with the video or object and areas...
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7253917 |
Image processing apparatus and its control method, computer program, and storage medium
With this invention, upon scanning a print, since additional information recorded together with that print is reproduced while displaying the scanned image, a special effect that cannot normally be...
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7254250 |
Watermark embedding and extraction method and apparatus in compressed streams
A method and apparatus embeds and extracts a watermark bit-sequence in a data stream of symbols compressed using dictionary-based compression scheme with variable length indices. The embedding...
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