Patent · US Expired

Image marking with error correction

US6317505A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 3, 1999
Grant dateNov 13, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/327
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of marking a work of authorship without apparent evidence of data alteration. The work (e.g., an image) is represented by a set of data elements (e.g., pixels). The marking includes providing first plural-bit data, and computing therefrom additional, error correcting data. This composite set of data is used in image marking, permitting at least certain errors to be discerned and corrected when the marking is later discerned from the image.

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