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7418111 Methods and apparatus to process media  
The presently claimed invention relates generally to digital watermarking, obtaining identifiers from media and/or processing media files. One claim recites a method including: accessing a target...
7349555 Documents and apparatus to encode documents  
The present invention relates generally to documents, e.g., such as legal tender, currency and identification documents, and apparatus for encoding documents. One claim recites: a physical document...
7330564 Digital watermarking apparatus and methods  
The present invention relates to various devices, including handheld devices. One claim recites a device including an image sensor including lenses, the lenses are arranged to create a pattern in...
7330563 Documents, articles and authentication of documents and articles  
The present invention relates generally to physical articles, e.g., such as documents, and authenticating physical articles. One claim recites a method of determining authenticity of an analog form...
7266697 Stealthy audio watermarking  
Described herein is audio watermarking technology for inserting and detecting watermarks in audio signals, such as a music clip. The watermark identifies the content producer, providing a signature...
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...
7249257 Digitally watermarked maps and signs and related navigational tools  
Maps and signs are embedded with plural-bit data in the form of digital watermarks. In one embodiment, the plural-bit data includes location information with respect to a map. A handheld reading...
7239734 Authentication of identification documents and banknotes  
The present invention provides methods and systems that are helpful authentication of physical and electronic documents like financial documents and identification documents. Steganographic indicia...
7218753 Template for watermark decoder synchronization  
Systems and methods are provided through which a template in the spatial domain is generated and combined with an image. Later, the combined image can be decoded to determine the extent of scaling...
7206649 Audio watermarking with dual watermarks  
A watermark encoding system encodes an audio signal with both a strong and a weak watermark. The strong watermark identifies the content producer and is designed to survive all typical kinds of...
7197368 Audio watermarking with dual watermarks  
A watermark encoding system encodes an audio signal with both a strong and a weak watermark. The strong watermark identifies the content producer and is designed to survive all typical kinds of...
7197160 Geographic information systems using digital watermarks  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for managing images and related information. In one implementation, geographic information system (GIS) layer information is registered or...
7184572 Using steganographic encoded information with maps  
A map depicts a plurality of different locations. Steganographic encoding is embebbed in first and second map areas. Steganographic encoding in each area conveys an identifier that is associated...
7164780 Digital watermarking apparatus and methods  
The present invention relates to various steganographic methods and apparatus. In one embodiment, a plurality of microlenses can provide a steganographic signal for a handheld device. The pattern...
7152021 Computing distortion of media signals embedded data with repetitive structure and log-polar mapping  
A digital watermark detection method uses a matched filtering technique on a log polar re-mapping of a watermarked signal to detect peaks associated with a repetitive structure of a watermark.
7139408 Transform domain watermarking of image signals  
The invention provides methods and related systems for embedding and detecting watermarks in images, such as JPEG or MPEG formatted images as well as other types of image signals. One method...
7116781 Counteracting geometric distortions in watermarking  
A digital watermarking method receives multimedia data, such as images or audio, in compressed or uncompressed form, and extracts a digital watermark while counteracting geometric distortions. To...
7099492 Method of steganographically embedding geo-location data in media  
Digital watermarking technology is used in conjunction with map data, such as is acquired by satellite and other aerial sensors, and as may be generated from databases based on such aerial data....
7098931 Image management system and methods using digital watermarks  
Digital watermarking technology is used in an image management system. Images are uniquely identified by digital watermarks. The images are stored so as to be indexed according to their unique...
7061510 Geo-referencing of aerial imagery using embedded image identifiers and cross-referenced data sets  
Digital watermarking technology is used in conjunction with map data, such as is acquired by satellite and other aerial sensors, and as may be generated from databases based on such aerial data....
7046819 Encoded reference signal for digital watermarks  
This disclosure describes a method for encoding a digital watermark into an image signal that is robust to geometric distortion. The digital watermark is adapted to the host image signal in which...
7042470 Using embedded steganographic identifiers in segmented areas of geographic images and characteristics corresponding to imagery data derived from aerial platforms  
Digital watermarking technology is used in conjunction with map data, such as is acquired by satellite and other aerial sensors. The watermarks are used to track metadata, provide serialization and...
7039214 Embedding watermark components during separate printing stages  
The present invention relates to embedding a document with multiple watermark components at different printing stages. A document is preprinted to include a first digital watermark component. The...
7024016 Digital watermarking apparatus and methods  
The present invention relates to various digital watermarking methods and systems. In one embodiment, a handheld device displays a digitally watermarked ticket image at an event center. At the...
7020285 Stealthy audio watermarking  
Described herein is technology for inserting and detecting watermarks in signals, such as a music clip. In one described implementation, a watermarking system employs chess spread-spectrum...
7006661 Digital watermarking systems and methods  
The present invention relates to digital watermarking systems and methods. In a first implementation, so-called movie studio rough-cuts are watermarked to provide a forensic tracking clue or to...
6993153 Self-orienting watermarks  
A watermarking method converts a watermark message into a Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) signal and embeds the FSK signal in a host signal. The spectral properties of the FSK watermark signal...
6993152 Hiding geo-location data through arrangement of objects  
The present invention provides steganographic-embedding techniques. In one implementation a digital watermark signal is mapped to a set of spatial positions. Physical message objects are positioned...
6975745 Synchronizing watermark detectors in geometrically distorted signals  
A method of synchronizing a digital watermark detector divides a watermarked signal into blocks, each block including a portion of a watermark signal. For each block, the method computes a local...
6975744 Detection of multiple watermarks and improved watermark calibration signals  
Steganographic calibration signals (sometimes termed “orientation signals,” “marker signals,” reference signals,” “grid signals,” etc.) are sometimes included with digital...
6959098 Method and system for determining image transformation  
A watermark decoding method makes use of a line-finding algorithm (e.g., the Radon transform) to determine rotation of an image from an initial orientation. Once rotation has been characterized,...
6950519 Geographically watermarked imagery and methods  
An image is digitally watermarked to convey position data about the subject of the image, such as latitude, longitude and elevation of a point depicted therein. Additional information, e.g., about...
6904151 Method for the estimation and recovering of general affine transform  
The present invention relates to the methods of estimation and recovering of general affine geometrical transformations which were applied to data, extensible to any other defined class of...
6782509 Method and system for embedding information in document  
A method and a system for embedding information in document data that include text written in a page description language. First, an analysis is made of the layout of the document data in which...
6738744 Watermark detection via cardinality-scaled correlation  
Described herein is an audio watermarking technology for detecting watermarks in audio signals, such as a music clip. The watermark identifies the content producer, providing a signature that is...
6707926 Template for watermark decoder synchronization  
Systems and methods are provided through which a template in the spatial domain is generated and combined with an image. Later, the combined image can be decoded to determine the extent of scaling...
6704869 Extracting digital watermarks using logarithmic sampling and symmetrical attributes  
A digital watermark reader performs a logarithmic sampling of a watermarked media signal to produce a sampled signal. It then analyzes the sampled signal to detect attributes associated with a...
6700990 Digital watermark decoding method  
To decode a digital watermark from an image notwithstanding geometrical corruption of the image (e.g., scale, rotation, etc.), a Fourier-Mellin transform is advantageously used. In a particular...
6675140 Mellin-transform information extractor for vibration sources  
The signal processing method includes the steps of: wavelet-transforming an input signal in a computer; and extracting features of the signal by Mellin-transforming the output of the wavelet...
6664976 Image management system and methods using digital watermarks  
Digital watermarking technology is used in an image management system. Images are identified by digital watermarks. The images are stored so as to be indexed according to their unique identifiers....
6647128 Method for monitoring internet dissemination of image, video, and/or audio files  
An automated monitoring service downloads image files (including, e.g., graphic and video files) and audio files from various Internet sites, and checks these files for the presence of embedded...
6510233 Electronic watermark insertion device  
The present invention relates to an electronic watermark burying device that does not bury the same electronic watermark data in a superimposing mode. An electronic watermark insertion device...
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