Perceptual Modeling of Media Signals for Data Hiding
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry, determining characteristics of a media signal;
based at least in part on the characteristics of the media signal, and utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry, determining at least one portion of the media signal in which embedding of plural-bit data should be avoided or suppressed; and
embedding by using a processor or electronic circuitry an auxiliary signal in data representing the media signal with consideration of the at least one portion of the media signal in which embedding plural-bit data should be avoided or suppressed,said act of embedding utilizes at least one transform domain, andsaid act of embedding embeds the plural-bit data non-uniformly across at least some portions of the media signal.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to embedding auxiliary data and data hiding. One claim recites a method including: calculating with a processor or electronic circuitry characteristics of a media signal comprising audio or video; based at least in part on calculated characteristics of the media signal, providing a map of the media signal, wherein the map identifies at least one portion of the media signal in which plural-bit data should be steganographically encoded; transforming at least some portions of the media signal into a transform domain; and steganographically encoding with a processor or electronic circuitry auxiliary data in data representing at least the one portion of the media signal in which the plural-bit data should be steganographically encoded, and wherein at least said act of transforming or said act of steganographically encoding utilizes the map of the media signal. Other claims and combinations are also provided.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry, determining characteristics of a media signal; based at least in part on the characteristics of the media signal, and utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry, determining at least one portion of the media signal in which embedding of plural-bit data should be avoided or suppressed; and embedding by using a processor or electronic circuitry an auxiliary signal in data representing the media signal with consideration of the at least one portion of the media signal in which embedding plural-bit data should be avoided or suppressed, said act of embedding utilizes at least one transform domain, and said act of embedding embeds the plural-bit data non-uniformly across at least some portions of the media signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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calculating by utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry characteristics of a media signal; based at least in part on the characteristics of the media signal, providing a map of the media signal, wherein the map identifies at least one portion the media signal in which embedding of plural-bit data should be avoided or suppressed; utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry, transforming at least some portions of the media signal into a transform domain; and embedding by utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry an auxiliary signal in at least some portions of the transformed media signal; wherein at least said act of transforming or said act of embedding utilizes the map of the media signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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calculating by utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry characteristics of a media signal comprising audio or video; based at least in part on calculated characteristics of the media signal, providing a map of the media signal, wherein the map identifies at least one portion of the media signal in which plural-bit data should be steganographically encoded; transforming by utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry at least some portions of the media signal into a transform domain; and steganographically encoding by utilizing a processor or electronic circuitry auxiliary data in data representing at least the one portion of the media signal in which the plural-bit data should be steganographically encoded, and wherein at least said act of transforming or said act of steganographically encoding utilizes the map of the media signal. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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