摘要:
A relative movement sensor for measuring movement of an object (15) and the sensor relative to each other, the sensor comprising a plurality of lasers (3,5) for generating respective measuring beams and illuminating the object (15) therewith, and a plurality of respective photodiodes (4,6) for measuring changes in operation of each laser cavity caused by reflected measuring beam radiation re-entering the respective laser cavity and the optical wave in the laser cavity. The plurality of lasers (3,5) are operated in a time-multiplexed manner such that only a subset (i.e. one or more) of the lasers is operated at any one time, the remaining lasers being idle. This reduces peak power dissipation and prevents erroneous interference caused by measuring beam radiation from one laser entering the cavity of another laser.
摘要:
There is described a method of processing a serial data signal to generate a corresponding transformed signal, for example encoded signal. The method includes steps of: (a) providing one or more signature sequences; (b) analysing the serial data signal to determine therein one or more signal sequences for which holds that combining such one or more signal sequences with said one or more signature sequences does not result in generation of illegal states; and (c) combining one or more of the determined signal sequences of the serial data signal with said one or more signature sequences so as to transform the serial data signal into the transformed signal. Moreover, there is also described apparatus (100) operable to execute the method and/or a corresponding inverse method.
摘要:
Identification of a digital media sequence is performed by an encoding and a decoding process. A sequence is received and its digital fingerprint is computed. A database lookup based on the fingerprint produces one or more matches that all resemble the computed fingerprint to a certain degree. If there is more than one match, at least one attempt is made to detect a watermark in the sequence. If a watermark is found, at least part of the watermark is extracted and used to select one of the matches among the sequences that resemble the media sequence to be identified.
摘要:
A method of controlling access to a resource (140) using a verifying device (130). A watermarking device (110) embeds an authorization code in a signal (120) using watermarking technology. The watermarked signal (120) is then transmitted to a verifying device (130), e.g. as a television or radio program or as a commercial related to the resource (140). In the verifying device (130), the authorization code is extracted from the watermarked signal (120) and an operation to be performed on the resource (140) is authorized in dependence on the extracted authorization code. Preferably the authorization comprises permission for executing a program (231), rendering and/or copying a multimedia object (213) or for activating a cheat function in an electronic game (220).
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of adjusting a supplementary data signal (wm(n)) to be embedded in an information signal (x(n)), for example an audio signal. The method comprises the steps of determining (301) a position where a predetermined property of the information signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, e.g. an attack position, and suppressing (302) the supplementary data signal in a predetermined neighbourhood of the determined position.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of adjusting a supplementary data signal (wm(n)) to be embedded in an information signal (x(n)), for example an audio signal. The method comprises the steps of determining (107) a relative magnitude (g(n)) of a first property function (Mx(n)) of the information signal averaged over a region of a predetermined size and a second property function (Mwm(n)) of the supplementary data signal averaged over said region; and adjusting (407) the supplementary data signal according to the determined relative magnitude.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method of embedding a watermark in an information signal (x(n)), such as an audio signal. The method comprises the steps of segmenting the audio signal into overlapping frames (xs(n)) using a set of analysis windows (ha(n)), calculating watermark segments (ws'(n)) for the overlapping frames, reconstructing a watermark signal (w'(n)) from the watermark segments using a set of reconstruction windows (hr(n)) which are complementary to the analysis windows, and adding the watermark signal to the information signal. The analysis and reconstruction windows may be constructed on the basis of prototype windows to fulfil predetermined complementary conditions. The analysis and reconstruction windows may be adapted to the contents of the information signal.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of checking the correct operation of a signal transformation wherein an input signal is transformed into an output signal. The method comprises: deriving a first robust feature from the input signal; deriving a second robust feature from the output signal; comparing said first and second robust features; in case of sufficient similarity, concluding a correct operation of said signal transformation, and in case of insufficient similarity, concluding a false operation of said signal transformation. In a special embodiment, the method is applied wherein the first robust feature is embedded in the input signal through watermark technology, the thus obtained signal being transmitted to a receiver so as to retrieve an output signal corresponding to said input signal.
摘要:
Reproduction arrangement for receiving information coded in accordance with a predefined standard, decoding the coded information and reproducing the decoding result. The reproduction arrangement may further receive and decode trigger information, which differs from the standard in a predefined manner. This results in a predefined special output, which is reproduced by the reproduction arrangement. A manufacturer of hardware and/or software present in the reproduction arrangement may thus verify in a simple manner whether this hardware and/or software has been made by himself. If the predefined special output is reproduced when the trigger information is added, then the reproduction arrangement will contain his hardware and/or software.
摘要:
A high-quality signal, for example a unity-bit coded (DSD) audio signal having a 2.822 MHz bit rate (fs1) is converted to a lower sample rate (fs3) PCM signal by means of a sample rate converter (102). The watermark is embedded at the lower sample rate by a conventional watermark embedder (101) which is capable of handling signals at this lower rate. The watermark (WM) is not otherwise available. It is subsequently retrieved by subtracting (103) the unwatermarked signal from the watermarked signal, and up-sampled (104) to an intermediate sampling rate (fs2). The DSD signal is converted (110) to a PCM signal at said intermediate sample rate. The retrieved watermark is then added (107) to the PCM signal and the watermarked PCM signal is back-converted (120) to a unity-bit coded DSD signal. In a preferred embodiment, the arrangement includes a compensation circuit (105) which compensates the information signal X' for any (e.g. non-linear) operations performed by the embedder (101) so as to minimize the estimated watermark (WM'). The compensation circuit re-introduces said operations in the DSD domain by controlling parameters such as scaling (106, 109) and time shifting (108).