Forensic digital watermarking with variable orientation and protocols

KL Levy - US Patent 7,392,392, 2008 - Google Patents
The invention provides a method of forensic digital watermarking that randomly selects an
orientation and/or embedding protocol for a forensic digital watermark signal to be …

Signal embedding and detection using circular structures in a transform domain of a media signal

J Stach, HL Brunk, RK Sharma - US Patent 7,986,807, 2011 - Google Patents
This application is a continuation of US application Ser. No. 10/469,474, filed Jun. 14, 2004
(Now US Pat. No. 7,454, 033), which is the national stage of PCT Application No …

Symmetry watermark

J Stach - US Patent 7,072,490, 2006 - Google Patents
A digital watermark is generated with radial and circumferential symmetries in a particular
domain of a host signal into which it is embedded. These symmetries enable a detector to …

Embedding and reading codes on objects

BL Davis, GB Rhoads - US Patent 8,379,908, 2013 - Google Patents
Transform object watermarked object executable instructions stored therein; providing data
associ ated with a user to the data repository; receiving machine executable instructions …

Multi-channel digital watermarking

KL Levy, SW Stewart - US Patent 7,706,565, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention provides data steganographically embedded in multiple channels.
The term “channel'in this application is generally used to refer to a mechanism, material or …

Authentication methods and systems including embedded auxiliary data

TJ Brundage, BT Hannigan - US Patent 7,806,322, 2010 - Google Patents
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Computing distortion of media signals embedded data with repetitive structure and log-polar mapping

AM Alattar, JR Meyer - US Patent 7,152,021, 2006 - Google Patents
US7152021B2 - Computing distortion of media signals embedded data with repetitive structure
and log-polar mapping - Google Patents US7152021B2 - Computing distortion of media signals …

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer product

Y Abe, S Ohkawa, M Miyamoto, J Ebata - US Patent 7,593,542, 2009 - Google Patents
An image processing apparatus includes an extracting unit to extract watermark data from
image data of an image; a gen erating unit to generate a watermark image based on the …

Synchronizing watermark detectors in geometrically distorted signals

BA Bradley - US Patent 6,975,745, 2005 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of Synchronizing a digital watermark detector divides a
watermarked Signal into blocks, each block includ ing a portion of a watermark signal. For …

Watermarking with covert channel and permutations

D Kirovski, H Malvar - US Patent 7,552,336, 2009 - Google Patents
Described herein is a watermarking technology for protecting digital signals, such as a
music clip. In another described implementation, a watermarking system employs a …