Reinforced interleaved watermarking
US10511885B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 25, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/84
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor to receive a primary video, select first sections of the primary video in which to include units of data for use in watermarking, select second sections of the primary video, each second section including a first data item without which at least one video unit of the primary video cannot be rendered or rendered correctly, replace each first section with at least two watermark variants, replace each second section with at least two watermark variant decoys, wherein the apparatus is operative to operate in an environment including an end-user device operative to select one of the watermark variants for each first section and one of the watermark variant decoys for each second section for rendering as part of an interleaved video stream including the primary video in order to embed units of data of an identification in the interleaved video stream.
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