公开(公告)号：US08458482B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-04

申请号：US13714930

申请日：2012-12-14

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： William Y. Conwell

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: G06F17/30743 ,  G06F17/30017 ,  G06F17/30023 ,  G06F17/30265 ,  G06F17/30784 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06N5/048 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q50/01 ,  G06Q50/18 ,  G06Q50/265 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L63/08

Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to methods for identifying audio and video entertainment content. Certain shortcomings of fingerprint-based content identification can be redressed through use of human-reviewers.

Abstract translation: 所公开的技术通常涉及用于识别音频和视频娱乐内容的方法。 基于指纹的内容识别的某些缺点可以通过使用人类审查者来纠正。

公开(公告)号：US20130128060A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-23

申请号：US13708434

申请日：2012-12-07

Applicant: DIGIMARC CORPORATION

Inventor： Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Gilbert B. Shaw ,  Bruce L. Davis ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G01C21/00 ,  H04N5/225

CPC classification number: H04M1/72519 ,  G01C21/00 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G06F3/005 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06K9/00671 ,  G06K9/4671 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/6267 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G06T2200/24 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04M1/72522 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/23229 ,  H04N5/23245 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W4/027

Abstract: A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US20130035984A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-07

申请号：US13648797

申请日：2012-10-10

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Bruce L. Davis ,  William Y. Conwell ,  Joel R. Meyer

IPC: G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0639 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q30/0603 ,  G06Q30/0631 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q30/0641

Abstract: A retail store is equipped with plural shelf-mounted sensors, which are employed in discerning a shopper's interests. The discerned information is used, e.g., in later online interactions with the shopper. A variety of other novel features and arrangements are also detailed.

Abstract translation: 零售店配有多个货架传感器，用于辨别购物者的兴趣。 识别的信息用于例如在以后的与购物者的在线交互中。 还详细介绍了各种其他新颖的功能和安排。

公开(公告)号：US12254611B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US18473901

申请日：2023-09-25

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  Tony F. Rodriguez ,  David A. Cushman ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06V10/25

Abstract: Items are identified in a waste stream for purposes of recycling, using deterministic and/or probabilistic techniques. Imagery of the waste stream from multiple viewpoints permit creation of a 3D depth draped image representation, from which one or more 2D planes can be synthesized. Phase-coherent patches of recoverable encoded data can be identified from among soiled and crumpled object surfaces, and used in combination to recover object identification information. Recognition of certain items can trigger further image processing that is specific to such items. (Detection of a catsup bottle, for example, can trigger image analysis to discern the presence of catsup residue.) Information about recognized objects can be provided to external data customers, e.g., to track grey market diversion of particular products into unlicensed territories. These and other features and advantages, which can be used alone or in combination, are detailed herein.

公开(公告)号：US20240233109A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18473901

申请日：2023-09-25

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  Tony F. Rodriguez ,  David A. Cushman ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06V10/25

CPC classification number: G06T7/0004 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06T2207/20004

Abstract: Items are identified in a waste stream for purposes of recycling, using deterministic and/or probabilistic techniques. Imagery of the waste stream from multiple viewpoints permit creation of a 3D depth draped image representation, from which one or more 2D planes can be synthesized. Phase-coherent patches of recoverable encoded data can be identified from among soiled and crumpled object surfaces, and used in combination to recover object identification information. Recognition of certain items can trigger further image processing that is specific to such items. (Detection of a catsup bottle, for example, can trigger image analysis to discern the presence of catsup residue.) Information about recognized objects can be provided to external data customers, e.g., to track grey market diversion of particular products into unlicensed territories. These and other features and advantages, which can be used alone or in combination, are detailed herein.

公开(公告)号：US20220055071A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：US17470674

申请日：2021-09-09

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Ravi K. Sharma ,  Tomas Filler ,  Vojtech Holub ,  Osama M. Alattar ,  Hugh L. Brunk ,  John D. Lord ,  Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  William Y. Conwell ,  Ajith M. Kamath

IPC: B07C5/34 ,  B07C5/342

Abstract: A plastic item, such as a beverage bottle, can convey two distinct digital watermarks, encoded using two distinct signaling protocols. A first, printed label watermark conveys a retailing payload, including a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) used by a point-of-sale scanner in a retail store to identify and price the item when presented for checkout. A second, plastic texture watermark may convey a recycling payload, including data identifying the composition of the plastic. The use of two different signaling protocols assures that a point-of-sale scanner will not spend its limited time and computational resources working to decode the recycling watermark, which may lack data needed for retail checkout. In some embodiments, a recycling apparatus makes advantageous use of both types of watermarks to identify the plastic composition of the item (e.g., relating GTIN to plastic type using an associated database), thereby increasing the fraction of items that are correctly identified for sorting and recycling. In other embodiments the plastic item (or a label thereon) bears only a single watermark. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US20210352192A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17371964

申请日：2021-07-09

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Ravi K. Sharma ,  Tomas Filler ,  Vojtech Holub ,  Osama M. Alattar ,  Hugh L. Brunk ,  John D. Lord ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: H04N5/225 ,  G06F21/16 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04N21/8358 ,  G09C5/00

Abstract: A plastic item, such as a beverage bottle, conveys two distinct digital watermarks, encoded using two distinct signaling protocols. A first, printed label watermark conveys a retailing payload, including a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) used by a point-of-sale scanner in a retail store to identify and price the item when presented for checkout. A second, plastic texture watermark conveys a recycling payload, including data identifying the composition of the plastic. The use of two different signaling protocols assures that a point-of-sale scanner will not spend its limited time and computational resources working to decode the recycling watermark, which lacks the data needed for retail checkout. In some embodiments, a recycling apparatus makes advantageous use of both types of watermarks to identify the plastic composition of the item (e.g., relating GTIN to plastic type using an associated database), thereby increasing the fraction of items that are correctly identified for sorting and recycling. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US20210157998A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17150801

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Bruce L. Davis ,  Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  John D. Lord ,  Alastair M. Reed ,  Eric D. Evans ,  Rebecca L. Gerlach ,  Yang Bai ,  John F. Stach ,  Tomas Filler ,  Marc G. Footen ,  Sean Calhoon ,  William Y. Conwell ,  Brian T. MacIntosh

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K9/18 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: In some arrangements, product packaging is digitally watermarked over most of its extent to facilitate high-throughput item identification at retail checkouts. Imagery captured by conventional or plenoptic cameras can be processed (e.g., by GPUs) to derive several different perspective-transformed views—further minimizing the need to manually reposition items for identification. Crinkles and other deformations in product packaging can be optically sensed, allowing such surfaces to be virtually flattened to aid identification. Piles of items can be 3D-modelled and virtually segmented into geometric primitives to aid identification, and to discover locations of obscured items. Other data (e.g., including data from sensors in aisles, shelves and carts, and gaze tracking for clues about visual saliency) can be used in assessing identification hypotheses about an item. Logos may be identified and used—or ignored—in product identification. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US20200380226A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16893856

申请日：2020-06-05

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Bruce L. Davis ,  Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  John D. Lord ,  Alastair M. Reed ,  Eric D. Evans ,  Rebecca L. Gerlach ,  Yang Bai ,  John F. Stach ,  Tomas Filler ,  Marc G. Footen ,  Sean Calhoon ,  William Y. Conwell ,  Brian T. MacIntosh

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K9/18 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: In some arrangements, product packaging is digitally watermarked over most of its extent to facilitate high-throughput item identification at retail checkouts. Imagery captured by conventional or plenoptic cameras can be processed (e.g., by GPUs) to derive several different perspective-transformed views—further minimizing the need to manually reposition items for identification. Crinkles and other deformations in product packaging can be optically sensed, allowing such surfaces to be virtually flattened to aid identification. Piles of items can be 3D-modelled and virtually segmented into geometric primitives to aid identification, and to discover locations of obscured items. Other data (e.g., including data from sensors in aisles, shelves and carts, and gaze tracking for clues about visual saliency) can be used in assessing identification hypotheses about an item. Logos may be identified and used—or ignored—in product identification. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US20200372228A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16893834

申请日：2020-06-05

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Bruce L. Davis ,  Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  John D. Lord ,  Alastair M. Reed ,  Eric D. Evans ,  Rebecca L. Gerlach ,  Yang Bai ,  John F. Stach ,  Tomas Filler ,  Marc G. Footen ,  Sean Calhoon ,  William Y. Conwell ,  Brian T. MacIntosh

IPC: G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K9/18 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: In some arrangements, product packaging is digitally watermarked over most of its extent to facilitate high-throughput item identification at retail checkouts. Imagery captured by conventional or plenoptic cameras can be processed (e.g., by GPUs) to derive several different perspective-transformed views—further minimizing the need to manually reposition items for identification. Crinkles and other deformations in product packaging can be optically sensed, allowing such surfaces to be virtually flattened to aid identification. Piles of items can be 3D-modelled and virtually segmented into geometric primitives to aid identification, and to discover locations of obscured items. Other data (e.g., including data from sensors in aisles, shelves and carts, and gaze tracking for clues about visual saliency) can be used in assessing identification hypotheses about an item. Logos may be identified and used—or ignored—in product identification. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.