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Data processing apparatus and method, data processing program, and storage medium

US7006660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 2002
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2201/0065
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention has an object to provide a data processing apparatus which can perform digital watermark embedding/extraction in accordance with manipulation, editing, and compression. To achieve the object, the data processing apparatus for performing compression processing on digital data comprises: a digital watermark extracting device extracting additional information, embedded as a digital watermark, from digital data; a digital watermark removing device removing the additional information, embedded as a digital watermark, from the digital data; an irreversible processing deice performing irreversible processing on the digital data; and a digital watermark embedding device embedding the additional information as a digital watermark in the irreversible-processed digital data.

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