Image analysis – Applications
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-10
2002-08-06
Johns, Andrew W. (Department: 2621)
Image analysis
Applications
C382S284000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06430302
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to video signal processing, and more particularly relates to the processing of such signals to embed auxiliary data (e.g. identification or control data therein), and the subsequent extraction and use of such data.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, an input content signal—representing audio or video—is encoded to hide plural-bit auxiliary data therein. The process generates an intermediate signal that is a function of (a) the plural-bit auxiliary data, and (b) data related to human perception attributes of the content signal. This intermediate signal is then summed with the content signal to effect encoding.
The plural-bit auxiliary data can include copy control data, i.e., data that can be sensed by a consumer electronic device and used to disable a copying operation. The auxiliary data can also include an index or pointer to remotely-stored data that relates to the encoded content.
The intermediate signal may include a pseudo-random key signal so as to obscure the encoding and require knowledge of a corresponding key at the decoder to extract the auxiliary data from the encoded content.
In some embodiments, calibration data is encoded in the content signal with the auxiliary data. (The calibration data may form part of the auxiliary data or may be distinct.) This calibration data desirably has known properties (e.g., spectral attributes, data content, etc.) facilitating its identification in the encoded content signal.
The encoding is desirably robust against various forms of content degradation, e.g., lossy compression/decompression, scaling, resampling, conversion from digital to analog and back again, etc. so that the auxiliary data can be detected from the content notwithstanding such corruption.
In some embodiments, each sample of the content signal is encoded in accordance with a single bit of the auxiliary data. In others, at least some samples are encoded in accordance with plural bits of the auxiliary data. In some embodiments, neighboring samples in the content signal may be encoded in accordance with a common-bit or—bits of the auxiliary data. In some cases neighboring samples may be encoded in accordance with plural bits—some common between the samples and some different.
Decoding of the auxiliary data from the encoded content can be accomplished by various techniques, some of which can rely on statistical analysis of the encoded content.
The foregoing and additional features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Conwell William Y.
Digimarc Corporation
Digimarc Corporation
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