公开(公告)号：US12079861B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US17866391

申请日：2022-07-15

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

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

IPC: G06Q30/06 ,  G06F16/00 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0643 ,  G06F16/00 ,  G06T19/006

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240232994A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18492650

申请日：2023-10-23

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Emma C. Sinclair ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: G06Q30/0601 ,  G06N3/02 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G07G1/00

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0639 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06V40/107 ,  G06N3/02 ,  G07G1/0036

Abstract: In a next-generation retail store, the presence of a shopper at a particular shelf location, at about the time that an item was removed from that shelf location, gives rise to a hypothesis that the item may have been picked for purchase by that shopper. An ensemble of different such hypotheses, about different items removed by different shoppers, is evaluated jointly to determine which hypotheses are most likely. Other factors can influence the determinations, such as a physical distance between picked products, together with a time interval between their picking. If cameras are used to detect removal of items from shelves, hand depictions captured by such cameras are further factors that may be considered, e.g., helping associate certain item removals with a common shopper. By generating purchase lists for each shopper with such methods, shoppers can be relieved of the need of having each item scanned at a checkout. Some embodiments are privacy-preserving—neither employing nor capturing personally-identifying information. Other embodiments don't require tracking movements of shoppers through the store. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US11715473B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17009430

申请日：2020-09-01

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  Bruce L. Davis

IPC: G10L15/26 ,  G10L17/00 ,  H04M1/72448 ,  H04M1/72469 ,  G06V10/75 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G10L15/22 ,  H04W72/02 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/0488

CPC classification number: G10L15/26 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06V10/751 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L17/00 ,  H04M1/72448 ,  H04M1/72469 ,  H04W72/02

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：US20230084508A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17860994

申请日：2022-07-08

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tomas Filler ,  Matthew M. Weaver ,  Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Donald Haaga

IPC: G06T1/00 ,  G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/32

Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US11587195B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US16752337

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Sean Calhoon ,  Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Joel R. Meyer ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: G06T1/00 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06K7/14 ,  A61B17/00 ,  G06N3/049 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06V10/10

Abstract: Imagery captured by an autonomous robot is analyzed to discern digital watermark patterns. In some embodiments, identical but geometrically-inconsistent digital watermark patterns are discerned in an image frame, to aid in distinguishing multiple depicted instances of a particular item. In other embodiments, actions of the robot are controlled or altered in accordance with image processing performed by the robot on a digital watermark pattern. The technology is particularly described in the context of retail stores in which the watermark patterns are encoded, e.g., on product packaging, shelving, and shelf labels. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US11281876B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-22

申请号：US17150801

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Tony F. Rodriguez ,  Bruce L. Davis ,  Geoffrey B. Rhoads ,  Eric D. Evans ,  Rebecca L. Gerlach ,  John F. Stach ,  Tomas Filler

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G07G1/00 ,  G06V10/10 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/20 ,  G06V30/224 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06V10/40

Abstract: In one aspect, a retail store includes a multitude of cameras, including a plurality of 3D cameras, and a plurality of other cameras. Certain of the cameras provide imagery from which a shopper's track through the store is monitored, and certain of the cameras are positioned to detect removal of items from store shelves. The store also includes a computer system that provides a database of information about store layout, indicating stock locations of different items. The computer system receives imagery from the cameras (or information derived from such imagery) and uses this data, together with information from the database and information derived from other sensors in the store, to produce a probabilistic tally of items selected by a store shopper. This tally includes an item bearing a barcode, but is produced without reading the barcode. Each item on the tally is associated with a confidence score that meets a computer system-determined threshold. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

公开(公告)号：US20220086144A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17408865

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Matthew M. Weaver ,  Tony F. Rodriguez

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G10L19/018

Abstract: This disclosure details image and audio signal processing methods and associated equipment to robustly encode transaction parameters in rendered displays, printed objects and audio. It also details corresponding decoding methods and equipment to recover these parameters. Further, it details object authentication processing and equipment to validate a transaction for an object, employing a trust network protocol for maintaining a trusted transaction history of the object. Various alternative forms of this technology are described.

公开(公告)号：US11270404B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16920252

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Sean Calhoon ,  Tony F. Rodriguez ,  William Y. Conwell

IPC: G06T1/00 ,  G06Q20/20

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220012840A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17372261

申请日：2021-07-09

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Kristyn R. Falkenstern ,  Alastair M. Reed ,  Vojtech Holub ,  Tony F. Rodriguez

IPC: G06T1/00 ,  G06K7/12 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G07D7/00 ,  G07D7/1205

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to signal processing such as image processing, signal encoding, digital watermarking and data hiding. A sparse or dense digital watermark signal can be conveyed with a narrow-band absorption material corresponding to a center wavelength of a Point of Sale (POS) barcode scanner. The POS barcode scanner typically captures 2D imagery. Since the narrow-band absorption material absorbs over a narrow-band it is relatively imperceptible to the Human Visual System (HVS) but can be seen by the POS scanner.

公开(公告)号：US11062418B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16422597

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: Digimarc Corporation

Inventor： Kristyn R. Falkenstern ,  Alastair M. Reed ,  Vojtech Holub ,  Tony F. Rodriguez

IPC: G06T1/00 ,  G06K7/12 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G07D7/1205 ,  G07D7/00 ,  B42D25/333

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to signal processing such as image processing, signal encoding, digital watermarking and data hiding. Technology includes a method comprising: capturing imagery corresponding to a printed object with a red illumination scanner, the red illumination scanner having a wavelength at or around 660 nm, said scanning yielding scan data, wherein the printed object includes a process color printed thereon through an offset or flexo printing press, the process color including a narrow-band absorption material that has a peak absorbance at or around 660 nm, the process color printed in a manner to convey an encoded plural-bit message, the encoded plural-bit message corresponding to a GTIN number; analyzing the imagery with one or more programmed multi-core processors to decode the encoded plural bit message, said analyzing yielding the GTIN number; and providing the GTIN number as an output. Of course other combinations and technology is also provided.