Abstract:
An information processing device and an information processing method capable of reducing an information processing amount of an application processor that recognizes a subject from an input image are provided. An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit, a generation unit, and an output unit. From an imaging unit that captures an image and generates image data, the acquisition unit acquires the image data. The generation unit generates, from the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, metadata to assist an application processor that executes processing related to the image. The output unit outputs the metadata generated by the generation unit to the application processor.
Abstract:
An encoding apparatus partitions a digital image into multiple regions for subsequent encoding. A first encryption code is associated with a first region, a second encryption code is associated with a second region and the first code, and a third code is associated with the first code, the second code and a third region. An authentication apparatus authenticates the digital image in an inverse process.
Abstract:
Content is identified using watermarking and/or other content recognition combined with contextual metadata, which facilitates identification and correlation with other content and metadata when it is posted to a network.
Abstract:
In one aspect, assembly of multi-part food packaging is checked by reference to payloads of steganographically-encoded digital watermarks printed across the packaging components. Marking all surfaces of the packaging components allows arbitrary orientation of feed stock in assembly equipment, and wide latitude in placement of inspection cameras along the packaging line. In another aspect, a scanner at a retail checkout station is alert to any gap detected in steganographic encoding on retail product packaging and, if found, alerts an operator to possible presence of an adhesive label with a misleading barcode. A great variety of others features and arrangements are also detailed.
Abstract:
One example embodiment is a method to embed a watermark image into a host image such that a watermarked image is generated. The method divides a host image into an Red (R) component, a Green (G) component, and a Blue (B) component, and partitions each component of the R, G, and B components into non-overlapping blocks from which embedding blocks are selected to embed watermark information such that a watermarked image is generated.
Abstract:
Content is identified using watermarking and/or other content recognition combined with contextual metadata, which facilitates identification and correlation with other content and metadata when it is posted to a network.
Abstract:
In one example, a system including an isolation engine, a normalization engine, and a channel engine is described. In the example, the isolation engine generates mark data using a mark technique based on a first input color channel and a second input color channel, the normalization engine scales intensity values of a set of pixels of the mark data to a greater range, and the channel engine generates output channel data for a plurality of output color channels from normalized mark data based on the scaled intensity values.
Abstract:
A method for measuring performance of virtual desktop services offered by a server including a processor is described. A first encoded watermark is embedded into user interface display generated by a virtual desktop when initiating an operation. The first encoded watermark includes pixels identifying the operation and indicating its initiation. A second encoded watermark is embedded into the user interface upon completion of the operation indicating completion of the operation. An action performance time is then computed and stored in a memory. Multiple performance times may be compiled from multiple operations of multiple virtual desktops to assess the performance of the system as a whole.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for multimedia processing. For example, upon receipt of a multimedia-information-release request, multimedia information to be released is acquired; whether the multimedia information contains watermark information is detected; in response to the multimedia information containing the watermark information, a first topic matching with the watermark information is searched for within one or more predetermined second topics, and the multimedia information and the first topic matching with the watermark information are released.
Abstract:
Methods and arrangements involving portable devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, are disclosed. One arrangement enables a creator of content to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another arrangement utilizes the camera of a smartphone to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some of the detailed technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.