Dynamic digital watermark

• US 10,204,390 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2016
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Morphotrust USA Incorporated (Advent International Corporation)
• Inventors: Martin, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Jon
• Application Number:
  US15/240,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20160358298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 908 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0071 using multiple or alternating watermarks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32299 using more than one embedding method
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32304 Embedding different sets of additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32309 in colour image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32325 the embedded data being visible
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32352 Controlling detectability or arrangements to facilitate detection or retrieval of the embedded information, e.g. using markers for decoding, detection or retrieval operations H04N1/32149 and subgroups take precedence

Abstract

Some implementations may include a computer-implemented method for applying at least two digital watermarks to a digital document, the method including: receiving a digital document comprising visual contents; generating a first digital watermark to be visually presented at a first time point; generating a second digital watermark to be visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and applying both the first digital watermark and second digital watermark to the digital document t.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to inspect a digital document, the method comprising:

receiving a digital document comprising visual contents;

generating a first digital watermark to be visually presented at a first time point;

generating a second digital watermark to be visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and

embedding the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark in the digital document such that when the digital document is presented for inspection, the digital document is validated as authentic based on the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, as well as a sequential order of the first and second digital watermarks being presented.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

embedding both the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark such that when the digital document is presented for inspection, the first time point for presenting the first digital watermark differs from the second time point for presenting the second digital watermark by an amount shorter than a retina dwell time.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

embedding the first digital watermark and second digital watermark in the digital document to provide authentication of a person holding the digital document.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

linking the sequence of digital watermarks to an entity issuing the digital document.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

linking the sequence of digital watermarks to a person holding the digital document.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating one or more additional digital watermarks to be visually presented at respective time points, the one or more digital watermarks being different from the first and second digital watermarks, and the respective time points being different from the first and second time points.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

embedding the first digital watermark in the digital document such that the first digital watermark is visually presented intermittently according to a first temporal pattern.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

configuring the first temporal pattern to encode information linking an entity issuing the digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising:

configuring the first temporal pattern to encode information linking a person holding the generated digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

embedding the second digital watermark in the digital document such that the second digital watermark is visually presented intermittently according to a second temporal pattern.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

configuring the second temporal pattern to encode information linking an entity issuing the digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

configuring the second temporal pattern to encode information linking a person holding the generated digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the first digital watermark further comprises:

generating the first digital watermark to encode information correlatable with data encoded by the second digital watermark.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the second digital watermark further comprises:

generating the second digital watermark to encode information correlatable with data encoded by the first digital watermark.

15. A system for digitizing an identification document, the system comprising at least one computer processor configured to perform the operations of:

receiving a digital document comprising visual contents;

generating a first digital watermark to be visually presented at a first time point;

generating a second digital watermark to be visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and

embedding the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark in the digital document such that when the digital document is presented for inspection, the digital document is validated as authentic based on the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, as well as a sequential order of the first and second digital watermarks being presented.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

embedding both the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark such that when the digital document is presented for inspection, the first time point for presenting the first digital watermark differs from the second time point for presenting the second digital watermark by an amount shorter than a retina dwell time.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

embedding the first digital watermark and second digital watermark the digital document to provide authentication of a person holding the digital document.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

linking the sequence of digital watermarks to an entity issuing the digital document.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

linking the sequence of digital watermarks to a person holding the digital document.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating one or more additional digital watermarks to be visually presented at respective time points, the one or more digital watermarks being different from the first and second digital watermarks, and the respective time points being different from the first and second time points.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

configuring the first temporal pattern to encode information linking an entity issuing the digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:

configuring the first temporal pattern to encode information linking an entity issuing the digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the operations further comprise:

configuring the first temporal pattern to encode information linking a person holding the generated digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

24. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

embedding the second digital watermark on the digital document such that the second digital watermark is visually presented intermittently according to a second temporal pattern.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the operations further comprise:

configuring the second temporal pattern to encode information linking an entity issuing the digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the operations further comprise:

configuring the second temporal pattern to encode information linking a person holding the generated digital document with at least two digital watermarks.

27. The system of claim 15, wherein generating the first digital watermark further comprises:

generating the first digital watermark to encode information correlatable with data encoded by the second digital watermark.

28. The system of claim 15, wherein generating the first digital watermark further comprises:

generating the second digital watermark to encode information correlatable with data encoded by the first digital watermark.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising software instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the operations of:

receiving a digital document comprising visual contents;

generating a first digital watermark to be visually presented at a first time point;

generating a second digital watermark to be visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and

embedding the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark in the digital document such that when the digital document is presented for inspection, the digital document is validated as authentic based on the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, as well as a sequential order of the first and second digital watermarks being presented.