Watermarked image generator and method of embedding...

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2006-02-28

2006-02-28

Patel, Kanjibhai (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

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C358S003300, C382S100000

Reexamination Certificate

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07006256

ABSTRACT:
A watermarked image generator includes a watermark data source that inputs watermark data to a watermark embedding device. The watermark embedding device halftones the input image to generate the output image made of 2×2 binary patterns, the 2×2 binary patterns forming the watermarks embedded in the output image. The watermark embedding device includes a tri-level error diffusion generator that performs tri-level error diffusion on the input image by halftoning the input image into black, white and 50% gray. A plurality of halftoning circuits successively replace each pixel of the halftoned input image with one of a plurality of the 2×2 binary patterns. The one of the plurality of 2×2 binary patterns corresponds to at least one respective bit of the watermark data when a pixel of the halftoned image data is 50% gray. The watermark data can be segmentation map data of the input image.

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