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公开(公告)号:US08688999B2
公开(公告)日:2014-04-01
申请号:US13937995
申请日:2013-07-09
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: William Y. Conwell
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: Methods and systems for identifying audio and video entertainment content are provided. Certain shortcomings of fingerprint-based content identification can be redressed through use of human-reviewers in a first party's social networking site environment. Access to a copy of a possible fingerprint-based match of user uploaded content is provided to a second party via a queue of an online interface provided by the first party. In response to providing access to the copy of the user uploaded content, manual human assessment data is obtained from the second party through the online interface. The manual human assessment data indicating a result of a comparison of the copy of the user uploaded content and data associated with reference content by one or more human reviewer(s). The manual human assessment data is used in concluding that the reference content corresponds with the user uploaded content.
Abstract translation: 提供用于识别音频和视频娱乐内容的方法和系统。 基于指纹的内容识别的某些缺点可以通过在第一方社交网站环境中使用人类审阅者进行纠正。 经由第一方提供的在线界面的队列,向第二方提供对用户上载内容的可能的基于指纹的匹配的副本的访问。 响应于提供对用户上传内容的副本的访问,通过在线界面从第二方获得手动人为评估数据。 指示由一个或多个人类审阅者比较用户上载内容的副本和与参考内容相关联的数据的结果的手动人类评估数据。 使用手动人力评估数据来确定参考内容对应于用户上传的内容。
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公开(公告)号:US20130297942A1
公开(公告)日:2013-11-07
申请号:US13937995
申请日:2013-07-09
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: William Y. Conwell
IPC: H04L9/32
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 in a social networking site environment.
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在社交网站环境中使用人类审阅者来纠正。
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公开(公告)号:US20250139690A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-01
申请号:US18822377
申请日:2024-09-02
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Bruce L. Davis , Geoffrey B. Rhoads , Tony F. Rodriguez , Edward B. Knudson , William Y. Conwell
IPC: G06Q30/0601 , G06F16/00 , G06T19/00
Abstract: A decade from now, a visit to the supermarket will be a very different experience than the familiar experiences of decades past. Product packaging will come alive with interactivity—each object a portal into a rich tapestry of experiences, with contributions authored by the product brand, by the store selling the product, and by other shoppers. The present technology concerns arrangements for authoring and delivering such experiences. A great variety of other features and technologies are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号:US11962876B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17393227
申请日:2021-08-03
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Ravi K. Sharma , Tomas Filler , Vojtech Holub , Osama M. Alattar , Hugh L. Brunk , John D. Lord , Matthew M. Weaver , William Y. Conwell
IPC: G06K9/00 , B29B17/02 , G06F21/16 , G06Q10/30 , G06V10/141 , G06V10/143 , G06V10/60 , G06V20/64 , G09C5/00 , H04N21/2389 , H04N21/44 , H04N21/8358 , H04N23/00 , B29K23/00 , B29K67/00 , B29L31/00
CPC classification number: H04N23/00 , B29B17/02 , G06F21/16 , G06Q10/30 , G06V10/141 , G06V10/143 , G06V10/60 , G06V20/653 , G09C5/00 , H04N21/23892 , H04N21/44008 , H04N21/8358 , B29B2017/0203 , B29B2017/0279 , B29B2017/0282 , B29K2023/065 , B29K2067/003 , B29L2031/7158 , H04L2209/34 , H04L2209/608 , Y02W30/62 , Y02W30/82 , Y02W90/00
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11878327B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
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
CPC classification number: B07C5/3412 , B07C5/3422 , B07C2501/0045
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11798064B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US15851298
申请日:2017-12-21
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Tony F. Rodriguez , Emma C. Sinclair , William Y. Conwell
IPC: G06Q30/06 , G06Q10/08 , G06V40/10 , G06N3/02 , G07G1/00 , G06Q30/0601 , G06Q10/087 , G06T3/00
CPC classification number: G06Q30/0639 , G06Q10/087 , G06V40/107 , G06N3/02 , G07G1/0036
Abstract: A store includes first and second racks of shelving that are respectively viewed by first and second cameras. A computer system, including one or more processors and memory, defines a first convolutional neural network (CNN) trained to recognize a first set of items stocked on the first rack of shelving, and a second CNN trained to recognize a second set of items stocked on the second rack of shelving. (The first camera provides imagery for recognition by the first CNN, and the second camera provides imagery for recognition by the second CNN.) In such arrangement, the second neural network is trained to recognize a particular item that the first neural network is not trained to recognize, and the first neural network is trained to recognize a certain item that the second neural network is not trained to recognize. Many other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230316386A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US18176700
申请日:2023-03-01
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Ravi K. Sharma , Tomas Filler , Utkarsh Deshmukh , Vahid Sedighianaraki , William Y. Conwell
IPC: G06Q30/0601 , G06V10/82 , G06F18/214 , G06F18/22 , G06F18/2431 , G06V10/10 , G06V10/764 , G06V10/774 , G06V10/776 , G06V10/46 , G06V20/00
CPC classification number: G06Q30/0641 , G06V10/82 , G06F18/214 , G06F18/22 , G06F18/2431 , G06V10/17 , G06V10/764 , G06V10/774 , G06V10/776 , G06V10/462 , G06V20/00 , G06N3/04
Abstract: Aspects of the detailed technologies concern training and use of neural networks for fine-grained classification of large numbers of items, e.g., as may be encountered in a supermarket. Mitigating false positive errors is an exemplary area of emphasis. Novel network topologies are also detailed—some employing recognition technologies in addition to neural networks. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230177297A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-08
申请号:US18077914
申请日:2022-12-08
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Tomas Filler , Vojtech Holub , Hugh L. Brunk , Adnan M. Alattar , William Y. Conwell
IPC: G06K19/06
CPC classification number: G06K19/06037
Abstract: A surface is laser-etched to convey a 2D machine-readable code pattern. Various strategies are detailed to minimize the etching time. Some strategies include modifying the code pattern to reduce a path length traveled by the laser. Some strategies include modifying the code pattern to make it sub-optimal, i.e., making the code pattern a less-faithful approximation of an ideal code pattern. In some embodiments the etched surface is the surface of a plastic container, and the code pattern conveys information indicating the type of plastic of which the container is manufactured. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号:US20220270199A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
申请号:US17694396
申请日:2022-03-14
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Tony F. Rodriguez , Osama M. Alattar , Hugh L. Brunk , Joel R. Meyer , William Y. Conwell , Ajith M. Kamath
Abstract: A sequence of images depicting an object is captured, e.g., by a camera at a point-of-sale terminal in a retail store. The object is identified, such as by a barcode or watermark that is detected from one or more of the images. Once the object's identity is known, such information is used in training a classifier (e.g., a machine learning system) to recognize the object from others of the captured images, including images that may be degraded by blur, inferior lighting, etc. In another arrangement, such degraded images are processed to identify feature points useful in fingerprint-based identification of the object. Feature points extracted from such degraded imagery aid in fingerprint-based recognition of objects under real life circumstances, as contrasted with feature points extracted from pristine imagery (e.g., digital files containing label artwork for such objects). A great variety of other features and arrangements—some involving designing classifiers so as to combat classifier copying—are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号:US10902539B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-26
申请号:US15446811
申请日:2017-03-01
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor: Tony F. Rodriguez , Osama M. Alattar , Hugh L. Brunk , Joel R. Meyer , William Y. Conwell , Ajith Mulki Kamath
Abstract: A sequence of images depicting an object is captured, e.g., by a camera at a point-of-sale terminal in a retail store. The object is identified, such as by a barcode or watermark that is detected from one or more of the images. Once the object's identity is known, such information is used in training a classifier (e.g., a machine learning system) to recognize the object from others of the captured images, including images that may be degraded by blur, inferior lighting, etc. In another arrangement, such degraded images are processed to identify feature points useful in fingerprint-based identification of the object. Feature points extracted from such degraded imagery aid in fingerprint-based recognition of objects under real life circumstances, as contrasted with feature points extracted from pristine imagery (e.g., digital files containing label artwork for such objects). A great variety of other features and arrangements—some involving designing classifiers so as to combat classifier copying—are also detailed.
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