Patent · US Expired

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION METHOD, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD, INFORMATION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION SIGNAL RECORDING MEDIUM

US6850619B1 · kind B1 · utility

38Cited by
5References
18Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 2000
Grant dateFeb 1, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 23, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2005/9135
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Additional information for copyright protection is added to a video signal (first information signal) and an audio signal (second information signal), which are associated with each other and are independently usable, in a video watermark information superimposition unit and an audio watermark information superimposition unit, respectively. The video signal and the audio signal having the additional information added are then output. In a receiving apparatus for receiving the video signal and the audio signal, copyright protection is performed on at least one of the video signal and the audio signal based on both the additional information added to the video signal and the additional information added to the audio signal.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.