Method and apparatus responsive to a code signal conveyed through a graphic image
First Claim
1. In a method of processing image data, the method including providing image processing equipment including a computer, a storage medium, and an image processing program stored in said medium and executing on said computer, said program permitting editing of images, and providing to said equipment data corresponding to an input image, an improvement comprising:
- discerning, from said input image data, an N-bit code signal steganographically encoded therein, where N is greater than or equal to two, said discerning including performing an algorithmic registration process to resolve an initially unknown variable needed to discern the code signal from the image, wherein the input image is an originally encoded image corrupted by a process selected from a group consisting of;
scaling or rotation of the originally encoded image, wherein the multi-bit code signal is discerned no withstanding said corruption; and
controlling operation of the equipment depending on the code signal discerned from the image.
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Abstract
An identification code signal is impressed on a carrier to be identified (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned and the carrier thereby identified. The method and apparatus are characterized by robustness despite degradation of the encoded carrier, and by permeation of the identification signal throughout the carrier.
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6 Claims
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1. In a method of processing image data, the method including providing image processing equipment including a computer, a storage medium, and an image processing program stored in said medium and executing on said computer, said program permitting editing of images, and providing to said equipment data corresponding to an input image, an improvement comprising:
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discerning, from said input image data, an N-bit code signal steganographically encoded therein, where N is greater than or equal to two, said discerning including performing an algorithmic registration process to resolve an initially unknown variable needed to discern the code signal from the image, wherein the input image is an originally encoded image corrupted by a process selected from a group consisting of;
scaling or rotation of the originally encoded image, wherein the multi-bit code signal is discerned no withstanding said corruption; andcontrolling operation of the equipment depending on the code signal discerned from the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In an image processing system that includes a computer, a storage medium, and an image processing program stored in said medium for execution on said computer, said program permitting editing of image data, the storage medium including input image data, an improvement comprising:
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means for discerning, from said input image data, an N-bit code signal steganographically encoded therein, where N is greater than or equal to two, said discerning including performing an algorithmic registration process to resolve an initially unknown variable needed to discern the code signal from the image data, wherein the input image is an originally encoded image corrupted by a process selected from a group consisting of;
scaling or rotation of the originally encoded image, wherein the multi-bit code signal is discerned no withstanding said corruption; andmeans for controlling operation of said system depending on the code signal discerned from said input image data, wherein the system'"'"'s operation is dependent on the code signal discerned from the input image data.
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