Generating and matching hashes of multimedia content

JA Haitsma, AACM Kalker, CPMJ Baggen… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
Hashes are short Summaries or signatures of data files which can be used to identify the file.
Hashing multimedia content (audio, video, images) is difficult because the hash of original …

Universal synchronization engine based on probabilistic methods for guarantee of lock in multiformat audio systems

JK Poulsen - US Patent 9,252,900, 2016 - Google Patents
Various embodiments are described herein related to techniques for synchronizing a slave
device to a master device that communicates using a unified bus communication protocol or …

Digital watermarking methods and related toy and game applications

BT Hannigan, RK Sharma, SK Decker… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to toys and game applications that are enhanced with digital
watermarks. In one embodi ment, a character card includes a unique identifier in the form of …

Method of converting 2D video to 3D video using 3D object models

V NIEBLA, T Baldridge, T Schad, S Jones - US Patent 9,438,878, 2016 - Google Patents
Method for converting 2D video to 3D video using 3D object models. Embodiments of the
invention obtain a 3D object model for one or more objects in a 2D video scene, such as a …

Synchronizing rendering of multimedia content

BL Davis, TF Rodriguez, GB Rhoads - US Patent 8,107,674, 2012 - Google Patents
The following sections describe applications for integrat ing watermarks in multimedia data.
In general, these appli cations exploit some level of interaction between watermarks and/or …

Communication system for receiving and transmitting data using an acoustic data channel

AW Jones, MR Reynolds, D Bartlett, IM Hosking… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
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Secure and efficient content screening in a networked environment

JM Winograd, R Petrovic, J Zhao - US Patent 9,607,131, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods, devices, and computer program products facilitate the application of a content use
policy based on watermarks that are embedded in a content. Watermark extraction and …

Video game with concurrent processing of game-related physical objects

P Reiche, R Leyland, CH Batson III - US Patent 10,315,119, 2019 - Google Patents
A video game includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and identity of toys
near or on the peripheral. Each of the toys includes an identification device such as an RFID …

Interactive video game using game-related physical objects for conducting gameplay

P Reiche, D Gerstein - US Patent 9,381,430, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A video game includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and
identity of toys near or on the peripheral. Each of the toys includes an identification device …

Methods and apparatus for audio watermarking a substantially silent media content presentation

FG McMillan, ISJ Kilian - US Patent 8,355,910, 2013 - Google Patents
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media content presentation - Google Patents US8355910B2 - Methods and apparatus for …