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Method and apparatus for data hiding in printed images

US6411392B1 · kind B1 · utility

109Cited by
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Filing dateApr 15, 1998
Grant dateJun 25, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB42D25/29
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A technique for embedding a mark in an a printed image allows its interpretation by an inexpensive printing system. Values of a characteristic parameter are altered in a portion of the host image confined to a thread, i.e. a region of contiguous points in the image, small enough to be included in the print space treated by the printer in a single pass of the printing head.

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