Methods for estimating watermark signal strength, an embedding process using the same, and related arrangements

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9716807
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14881448

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The present disclosure relates to advanced signal processing including digital watermarking and steganography. One method includes: obtaining image data representing imagery in a first color mode; steganographically embedding a watermark signal into the image data, thereby generating watermarked image data; obtaining reader data representing an input color mode of a reader configured to detect or decode the watermarked image data, wherein the input color mode is different from the first color mode; transforming the watermarked image data from the first color mode to the input color mode; estimating a signal strength of the watermark signal within the transformed watermark image data; and visually displaying the estimated signal strength. The estimated signal strength can be visually displayed as a multi-color heat map. Of course, other combinations are described as well.

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  • DIGIMARC CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Filler, Tomas Beaverton, US 83 1975
Holub, Vojtech Portland, US 66 846

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