Image analysis – Applications – Manufacturing or product inspection
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Johns, Andrew W (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Manufacturing or product inspection
C340S005800, C438S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08000518
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to steganography and data hiding. One claim recites an object including: electronic processing circuitry having an operating or performance metric associated therewith; and steganographic indicia carried by the object, the steganographic indicia is usable as an index to verify the operating or performance metric. Another claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory; and machine-readable indicia usable as a registry index including data that provides an indication regarding an expected capacity of the electronic memory. Other combinations are described and claimed as well.
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Davis Bruce L.
Rhoads Geoffrey B.
Digimarc Corporation
Johns Andrew W
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