Patent · US Expired

Pixel-based digital watermarks located near edges of an image

US6580804B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 1999
Grant dateJun 17, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2201/0061
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Predetermined information as a digital watermark is encoded near or substantially on edges of digital images. The application of this technique is particularly suited for binary images such as text since the embedded digital watermark does not significantly affect the appearance of the text. The embedded digital watermark is decoded to confirm the origin of the digital image even if only a portion of the original digital image is copied.

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