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Method, apparatus, and computer program product for embedding digital watermark, and method, apparatus, and computer program product for extracting digital watermark

US7411702B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2003
Grant dateAug 12, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2026

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

Abstract

A method for embedding a digital watermark includes a step of inputting digital watermark information; a step of inputting an image; a step of dividing the image into a plurality of areas; a step of ordering the plurality of areas according to a predetermined ordering criterion; a step of embedding the digital watermark information over the plurality of areas that have been ordered; and a step of outputting an image with the digital watermark information embedded therein.

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