Patent · US Expired

Encoding hidden data

US7136503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 2005
Grant dateNov 14, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2025

Classification

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

Abstract

A digital image is processed to hide information, by generally inconspicuous adjustments thereof. These adjustments can define a pattern that extends across some or all of the image. Desirably, the pattern is adapted to the particular image being encoded, so as to better conceal the encoding.

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