Abstract:
The document identification method comprises: a step of generating an image, a step of marking a plurality of documents to form said image on each said document with unique variations on each document, the majority of the images formed on said documents presenting a physical anti-copy characteristic satisfying a pre-defined criterion such that said characteristic of the majority of the copies that can be produced based on these images do not satisfy said pre-defined criterion, a step of characterizing said variations to form a unique imprint of the mark formed, for each said document and a step of memorizing said unique imprint. In embodiments, said image only comprises two colors.In embodiments, during the step of characterizing variations, frequency analysis is utilized.In embodiments, during the step of memorizing, the imprint is stored in a database and/or the document is marked with a mark representing the imprint affixed individually on the document.
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus reads an original to which a restriction item such as copy restriction is embed to input image data. The image processing apparatus restricts an image processing on the input image data which involves a loss of the embedded information on the restriction item to maintain a state where the restriction item is embedded for the output. Alternatively, the image processing apparatus outputs the image data of a format where the restriction information is added to the input electric data.
Abstract:
In an image processing apparatus, an antenna is arranged in a traveling member of a scanner, a reader/writer receives a radio wave from a radio tag added to an original via the antenna when the reader/writer reads an image from the original, a demodulation circuit generates a demodulated signal, a radio tag identification number identifying and judging unit, which has received the demodulated signal, identifies a type of the radio tag, and when it is judged that the original is a forgery prevention object original, a forgery prevention processing unit applies forgery prevention processing to the original.
Abstract:
The presently claimed invention relates generally to content identification, such as deriving identifiers from content itself. One claim recites a method including: using a processor, deriving first information from audio elements of an audio signal; using a processor, deriving second information from data representing picture elements of a video signal that is associated with the audio signal; and utilizing the first information or the second information in a content filtering process, said process utilizes a recognition unit or device to sample content being distributed on a network, and controls further distribution of the content in the network based at least in part on the first information or the second information. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided as well.
Abstract:
The present invention relates watermarking compressed objects. A watermark is determined for a compressed video object. The watermark is compressed as an object and the watermarked object is then associated with the compressed video object. The two separate objects are provided to a rendering device, which after decompressing both objects, embeds the watermark in the video prior to rendering.
Abstract:
Structure and methodology for creating a content-informative audit trail derived from text, vector information and imagery, and taking the form of a reduced-size data extraction from a document-job data-stream, such as a data-stream which exists in the context of a document printing, copying, scanning, e-mailing, and faxing job, etc. Selected, reduced-content components of a subject document data-stream are extracted according to various extraction approaches, and extracted information is stored in a appropriate storage site for later review to give an indication of just what printing, scanning, copying, etc activity has taken place with respect to different identified documents.
Abstract:
Methods for adapting the operation of a system in response to the detection of embedded watermarks from a digital host content are provided. A digital host content is received and examined for the presence of watermarks. In response to the detection of embedded watermarks and in accordance with the value, type, density or spacing of the detected watermarks, one or more system reactions may take place. These reactions include conditionally allowing the system to resume its normal operation, prohibiting the system from resuming its normal operation, degrading the quality of the digital host content or changing the security status of the digital host content. In response to the extraction of weak watermarks that do not meet the desired system requirements, the extraction operation may be modified or extended to enable the detection of strong watermarks.
Abstract:
Electronic content data (e.g., audio or visual) can be steganographically encoded for a variety of purposes. In one particular arrangement, content is manipulated by several different parties, each of which inserts different steganographic information. Different portions of the content may be reserved for each party's respective encoding. A great variety of other arrangements and features are detailed.
Abstract:
An image processing system includes a pattern detecting unit that detects a plurality of patterns included in a read image, a magnification determining unit that determines a magnification of the reading the read image on the basis of positional relation between adjacent patterns out of the plurality of patterns detected by the pattern detecting unit, and an information detecting unit that detects information from the read image on the basis of the magnification determined by the magnification determining unit.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to provide security for audio or image content are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving audio or image content and steganographically encoding auxiliary information in the audio or image content. The auxiliary information carries or links to permitted usage rights that are associated with the audio or image content.