Content authentication system and method
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
- optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane;
an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane;
image control logic configured to process-an image captured by the image capture medium;
a biometric sensor configured to detect a biometric parameter of a user of the camera;
feature extraction control logic configured to extract one or more features of the captured biometric parameter;
matching, control logic configured to determine the identification of the user of the camera based on the extracted one or more features; and
marking control logic configured to encode a digital representation of the captured image with an identification of the user.
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Abstract
A content capture device with watermarking features provides the ability to encode a captured content item with identification information to identify an owner or other interested party. The content capture device can be implemented as a digital camera or other device suitable for capturing digital content, whether it be audio, visual or other content. The identification information. can be obtained using various techniques such as user entry, downloading or through the use of a biometric sensor.
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
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optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane;
an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane;
image control logic configured to process-an image captured by the image capture medium;
a biometric sensor configured to detect a biometric parameter of a user of the camera;
feature extraction control logic configured to extract one or more features of the captured biometric parameter;
matching, control logic configured to determine the identification of the user of the camera based on the extracted one or more features; and
marking control logic configured to encode a digital representation of the captured image with an identification of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A digital image capture device, comprising:
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content capture control logic configured to capture a digital image representation of an element;
a biometric sensor configured to detect a biometric parameter of a user of the digital image capture device;
feature extraction control logic configured to extract one or more features of the captured biometric parameter;
matching control logic configured to determine the identification of the user of the camera based on the extracted one or more features; and
marking control logic configured to encode a digital representation of the captured image with an identification of the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital image capture device, comprising:
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means for capturing content as a digital representation of the original content item;
means for identifying an owner of the captured content; and
means for encoding the digital representation of the content with the identification of the owner of the captured content. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A content capture device, comprising:
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capture control logic configured to capture content as a digital representation of the original content item;
identification control logic configured to identify an owner of the captured content; and
marking control logic configured to encode the digital representation of the content with the identification of the owner of the captured content.
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16. A digital camera comprising:
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optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane;
an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane;
image control logic configured to process an image captured by the image capture medium;
identification controllogic configured to identify an owner of the captured image; and
marking control logic configured to encode a digital representation of the captured image with an identification of the owner. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. In a digital camera, a method of encoding a content item with an identification of an owner of the content, the method comprising:
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capturing image content as a digital representation of the original content element;
identifying an owner of the captured content; and
encoding the digital representation of the content with the identification of the owner of the captured content. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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