System and Method for Digital Image Encoding
First Claim
1. An automated method for encoding and graphically embedding digital images into a source image, the method comprising:
- providing a first digital output image;
rasterizing a source image into source image segments having a rasterization frequency equal to or a multiple of a decoder lens frequency; and
reforming the rasterized source image segments according to a pattern of the output image to form a revised source image having the output image graphically embedded therein, the out put image being viewable by orienting a decoder with the decoder lens frequency over a printed version of the revised source image.
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus, as implemented by a software program on a computer system, for producing digital encoded images. This method and system are capable of combining a source image with a latent image so that the latent image is viewable only through the use of a corresponding decoder. The digital processing allows different latent images to be encoded according to different parameters. Additionally, latent images may be encoded into single component colors of an original visible image, at various angles from each other.
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20 Claims
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1. An automated method for encoding and graphically embedding digital images into a source image, the method comprising:
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providing a first digital output image;
rasterizing a source image into source image segments having a rasterization frequency equal to or a multiple of a decoder lens frequency; and
reforming the rasterized source image segments according to a pattern of the output image to form a revised source image having the output image graphically embedded therein, the out put image being viewable by orienting a decoder with the decoder lens frequency over a printed version of the revised source image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium having software code stored thereon, the software code being configured to cause a computer to execute a method for encoding an image and graphically embedding the image into a source image, the method comprising:
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rasterizing a source image into source image segments having a rasterization frequency equal to or a multiple of a decoder lens frequency; and
reforming the rasterized source image segments according to a pattern of an output image to form a revised source image having the output image graphically embedded therein, the out put image being viewable by orienting a decoder with the decoder lens frequency over a printed version of the revised source image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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