Multi-channel digital watermarking
First Claim
1. A method of carrying a plural-bit digital watermark payload in host media content, said method comprising:
- utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, providing a first digital watermark signal comprising a first orientation component in the host media content;
utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, providing a second digital watermark signal comprising a second orientation component in the host media content; and
carrying a plural-bit digital watermark payload in the host media content through a relative orientation relationship between the first digital watermark orientation component and the second digital watermark orientation component.
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Abstract
The present invention provides digital watermarks through multiple channels. The channels can include, e.g., visible, ultraviolet and infrared channels. The non-visible channels can be selected to fluoresce either in the visible or IR/UV spectrums upon the appropriate illumination in the infrared or ultraviolet spectrums. The watermarks in the various multiple channels can cooperate to facilitate watermark detection or to authenticate an object in which the watermarks are embedded. In other implementations the multiple watermarks include so-called orientation components. A relative relationship between the orientation components is used to convey data.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of carrying a plural-bit digital watermark payload in host media content, said method comprising:
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utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, providing a first digital watermark signal comprising a first orientation component in the host media content; utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, providing a second digital watermark signal comprising a second orientation component in the host media content; and carrying a plural-bit digital watermark payload in the host media content through a relative orientation relationship between the first digital watermark orientation component and the second digital watermark orientation component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 19)
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6. A method comprising:
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utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, hiding a first steganographic signal in media, the media representing audio or video, the first steganographic signal comprising a first orientation or calibration signal; utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, hiding a second steganographic signal in the media, the second steganographic signal comprising a second orientation or calibration signal; whereby a plural-bit steganographic payload is carried in the media via a relative relationship between the first orientation or calibration signal and the second orientation or calibration signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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obtaining a plural-bit message; obtaining a host signal representing audio or video; utilizing a configured multi-purpose electronic processor, steganographically hiding the plural-bit message in the host signal in a steganographic manner through one or more relative orientations of two or more steganographic signal components. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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