US Patent No: 7,136,502
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Printing media and methods employing digital watermarking
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Nov 14, 2006
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Feb 3, 2005
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11/051,442
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Abstract
Stationery, or other printable media, is encoded with a digital watermark. The watermark is not conspicuous to a human observer of the media, yet conveys plural bits of auxiliary information when optically scanned and digitally processed. The watermark can be formed by ink-jet printing, or otherwise. The encoded information can be used for various purposes, including authenticating the document as an original, linking to associated on-line resources, and distinguishing seemingly-identical versions of the same document (document serialization).
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| 5,850,481 Steganographic system | 251 | 1995 | |
| 5,822,436 Photographic products and methods employing embedded information | 285 | 1996 | |
| 6,345,104 Digital watermarks and methods for security documents | 207 | 1998 | |
| 6,681,028 Paper-based control of computer systems | 142 | 1999 | |
| 6,311,214 Linking of computers based on optical sensing of digital data | 515 | 1999 | |
| 6,650,761 Watermarked business cards and methods | 236 | 1999 | |
| 6,574,350 Digital watermarking employing both frail and robust watermarks | 157 | 2000 | |
| 6,522,770 Management of documents and other objects using optical devices | 161 | 2000 | |
| 6,961,442 Watermarking a carrier on which an image will be placed or projected | 7 | 2001 | |
| 7,058,697 Internet linking from image content | 104 | 2001 | |
| 6,970,573 Self validating security documents utilizing watermarks | 74 | 2001 | |
| 6,950,519 Geographically watermarked imagery and methods | 27 | 2001 | |
| 6,968,057 Emulsion products and imagery employing steganography | 43 | 2002 | |
| 7,054,462 Inferring object status based on detected watermark data | 64 | 2002 | |
| 7,054,463 Data encoding using frail watermarks | 55 | 2002 | |
| 7,039,214 Embedding watermark components during separate printing stages | 19 | 2002 | |
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| 5,919,730 Copy restrictive documents | 90 | 1996 | |
| 5,772,250 Copy restrictive color-reversal documents | 41 | 1997 | |
| 6,127,106 Photographic element with invisible indicia on oriented polymer back sheet | 2 | 1997 | |
| 6,103,353 Copy restrictive documents | 11 | 1998 | |
| 6,286,761 Identification document having embedding information related to the subject | 52 | 1999 | |
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| 6,318,827 Method of improving print quality by selectively changing print direction | 7 | 1998 | |
| 6,291,829 Identification of recording medium in a printer | 50 | 1999 | |
| 6,353,479 Media-type encoding and print mode selection | 21 | 1999 | |
| 6,585,341 Back-branding media determination system for inkjet printing | 35 | 2000 | |
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| 5,091,966 Adaptive scaling for decoding spatially periodic self-clocking glyph shape codes | 263 | 1990 | |
| 5,315,098 Methods and means for embedding machine readable digital data in halftone images | 288 | 1990 | |
| 5,500,715 Print job handling menu selection apparatus and method | 30 | 1994 | |
| 6,246,776 Image recording media determination system, apparatus and method for an image processing device | 9 | 1999 | |
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| 5,848,155 Spread spectrum watermark for embedded signalling | 259 | 1996 | |
| 5,930,369 Secure spread spectrum watermarking for multimedia data | 426 | 1997 | |
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| 5,337,361 Record with encoded data | 352 | 1992 | |
| 5,471,533 Record with encoded data | 197 | 1994 | |
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| 5,687,236 Steganographic method and device | 413 | 1996 | |
| 6,205,249 Multiple transform utilization and applications for secure digital watermarking | 172 | 1998 | |
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| 6,318,151 Self-contained sterilant monitoring assembly and method of using same | 8 | 1999 | |
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| 5,880,760 Method and device for printing information on substrates having security features | 9 | 1997 | |
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| 4,918,484 Picture frame number discriminating method and apparatus therefor | 81 | 1988 | |
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| 4,591,707 Printed security with hallmarks | 29 | 1984 | |
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| 4,370,057 Method of verification of a sheet element, such as a banknote | 10 | 1980 | |
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| 6,334,678 Method for applying chemical watermarks on substrate | 9 | 1999 | |
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| 5,380,044 Identification card and method of making same | 52 | 1992 | |
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| 5,652,626 Image processing apparatus using pattern generating circuits to process a color image | 298 | 1994 | |
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| 6,243,480 Digital authentication with analog documents | 281 | 1998 | |
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| 5,698,333 Multilayer film structures for use in the production of banknotes or the like | 20 | 1994 | |
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| 6,701,304 Method and apparatus for postage label authentication | 50 | 1999 | |
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| 4,416,001 Method and apparatus for optically reading digital data inscribed in an arcuate pattern on a data carrier | 68 | 1980 | |
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| 7,054,461 Authenticating printed objects using digital watermarks associated with multidimensional quality metrics | 38 | 2002 | |
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| 6,625,295 Authentication of signals using watermarks | 59 | 1999 | |
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| 5,502,576 Method and apparatus for the transmission, storage, and retrieval of documents in an electronic domain | 239 | 1992 | |
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| 6,272,634 Digital watermarking to resolve multiple claims of ownership | 168 | 1997 | |
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| 5,848,413 Method and apparatus for accessing and publishing electronic documents | 353 | 1995 | |
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| 5,161,829 Security paper and method of manufacturing the same | 39 | 1992 | |
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| 6,276,771 Multifunctional machine for scanning and printing and a scanning and printing method used in the multifunctional machine | 6 | 1998 | |
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| 5,727,092 Compression embedding | 138 | 1995 | |
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| 5,838,814 Security check method and apparatus | 95 | 1996 | |
| 5,664,018 Watermarking process resilient to collusion attacks | 373 | 1996 | |
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