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Digital watermarks

US7796826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 2007
Grant dateSep 14, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/328
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to steganography and digital watermarking. One method recites: encoding content with a plural-bit digital watermark in accordance with initial encoding parameters; determining an assessment of the encoded plural-bit digital watermark in each of two or more portions of the content; for each of the two or more portions of the content, adjusting at least one of the initial encoding parameters according to a determined assessment for a respective portion of the content; and encoding the content with said plural-bit watermark in accordance with adjusted encoding parameters. Other methods are provided and claimed as well.

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