Embedding encoded information in an iconic version of a text ima

Details Embedding encoded information in an iconic version of a text ima Embedding encoded information in an iconic version of a text ima

1996-06-27

1998-06-02

Burwell, Joseph R.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

382232, G06F 1700, G06K 1906

Patent

active

057616868

ABSTRACT:
An encoding operation encodes binary data that is then embedded in an iconic, or size-reduced, version of an original text image, in a position in the iconic image that replaces a text portion in the original text image. The encoding operation produces rectangular blocks that have a foreground color and size dimensions proportional to the iconic image so that when placed in the iconic image in horizontal lines, the blocks appear to a viewer to be representative of the text portion of the original image that they replace. Exemplary encoding operations are described, including operations based on run-length limited encoding. A second message may be encoded in the background color regions that separate the blocks. The message carried by the binary data may be any information suitable for a particular application, and need not be restricted to information about or related to the original image. The encoding operation is designed to be robust for decoding purposes regardless of the resolution at which a copy of the iconic image is subsequently rendered. The iconic image may be printed in a suitable place (e.g., the margin or other background region) in the original text image so that a text image so annotated will then always carry the embedded data in subsequent copies made from the annotated original. The iconic image alone may also be used in printed form or as part of a graphical user interface as a surrogate for the original text image in a variety of applications.

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