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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046959 | Substituting or Replacing Components in Sound Based on Steganographic Encoding The present disclosure relates to various methods and systems to provide substitute sound (e.g., audio). One claim includes an apparatus comprising: electronic memory for storing identifying information obtained from steganographically encoded sound; an electronic proce... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040780 | AUDIO PROCESSING The presently claimed invention relates generally to processing streaming audio signals. One claim recites a method including: using a programmed electronic processor, analyzing a streaming audio signal to obtain identifying information therefrom; providing the identify... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034176 | Methods and Systems for Content Processing Many of the detailed technologies are useful in enabling a smart phone to respond to a user's environment, e.g., so it can serve as an intuitive hearing and seeing device. A few of the detailed arrangements involve using radio base station SDR equipment (e.g., at a cell... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033081 | Watermark Decoding from Streaming Media This patent document details, e.g., claims and systems for watermark decoding from streaming media signals. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: electronic memory for buffering a streaming media signal; one or more electronic processors programmed for: ranking buf... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110026777 | Methods and Devices Involving Imagery and Gestures A portable wireless device (e.g., a mobile phone) is moved or positioned by a user to signal user input. The device takes an action based on such gesture, where the action involves imagery captured by the device. A great variety of other features and arrangements are al... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026086 | Vibratory Scanning Motion is introduced into a scanning operation, in addition to the motion that is inherent in any scanning operation. For example, in a flatbed scanner a linear array of scanning devices is positioned across a document in a first or “x” direction and this array is m... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022937 | Assessing Quality of Service Using Digital Watermark Information The disclosure details methods of measuring the quality of service of received media signals by analyzing digital watermarks embedded in such signals. The quality of a received video or audio signal can thereby be assessed without having the original version of the sign... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019869 | Method and Systems for Processing Text Found in Images An image containing text (e.g., a surveillance camera photo that includes a vehicle license plate) is analyzed to determine the text (e.g., by an OCR technique). The recognized text is then stored in a database. The image is digitally watermarked with an identifier that... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019001 | Wireless Mobile Phone Methods A user gestures with a wireless mobile phone device to control some aspect of its operation, or the operation of a remote system with which the device communicates. (The gestures may be sensed by tracking movement of a feature across a field of view of a mobile phone de... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013802 | Content Objects with Computer Instructions Steganographically Encoded Therein, and Associated Methods Various improvements to digital watermarking are disclosed. For example, a digitally watermarked object can steganographically convey a payload that includes computer instructions (e.g., JAVA, ActiveX, or HTML) that—when decoded—control some manner of operation of a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110007936 | Encoding and Decoding Media Signals The present disclosure relates generally to encoding and decoding signals from media signals. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: electronic memory for storing blocks of a media signal; an electronic processor programmed for: determining a detection metric for th... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007935 | Digital Watermarking in Data Representing Color Channels The present disclosure relates to digital watermarking. One claim recites a method to detect two or more different digital watermarks in media. The method includes: receiving captured imagery of the media, the captured imagery comprising a plurality of image frames; for... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007364 | Electronic Forms Using Indicia, Sometimes Hidden Indicia The present disclosure relates to creating and managing electronic documents. One claim recites a computerized tablet including: electronic memory for storing electronic data corresponding to an application document, an electronic processor, and a display. The electroni... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002503 | Identification Documents and Authentication of Such Documents The present invention relates generally to identification documents. One claim recites an apparatus to authentic an identification document. The identification document comprising first machine-readable information including a first plural-bit message, and semantic info... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100329506 | Routing Networks for Use With Content Linking Systems A method of linking a content object with a network resource presents a content object to a reader, discerns an identifier associated with the content object, transfers the identifier to an indexing system, and in response receives an internet address corresponding to t... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100325117 | Robust Signatures Derived from Local Nonlinear Filters Content signal recognition is based on a multi-axis filtering of the content signal. The signatures are calculated, formed into data structures and organized in a database for quick searching and matching operations used in content recognition. For content recognition, ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322470 | WATERMARK COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS An enhanced television system (e.g., ATVEF-based) conveys enhancement data using an in-band, video watermark, channel. The system desirably is implemented using a layered architecture, so that the watermark nature of the communications channel is transparent to other la... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322469 | Combined Watermarking and Fingerprinting Content fingerprints and watermarks are combined in various ways for content identification applications. Fingerprints are used to identify content generally while watermarks provide more detailed localization of parts within the content, and vice versa. Fingerprint tec... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322468 | Encoding and Decoding Auxiliary Signals This disclosure describes apparatus and systems for encoding and decoding signals from a host signal such as audio, video or imagery. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: electronic memory for storing a media signal representing audio or video; and an electronic p... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322467 | Steganographic Encoding and Decoding This patent document relates generally to steganography and digital watermarking. One claim recites, in a watermark encoder, a method of encoding auxiliary information in an image or video comprising: using a programmed electronic processor, computing a change in an att... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322466 | Watermark Synchronization Signals Conveying Payload Data Steganographic synchronization signals (sometimes termed “orientation signals,” “marker signals,” reference signals,” “grid signals,” “calibration signals,” etc.) are sometimes included with digital watermarking signals to aid in correct decoding of th... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322463 | Watermark Placement in Watermarking of Time Varying Media Signals A method of placing a watermark in a video stream estimates motion between frames in the video stream, and computes a representative motion for a frame. Before embedding the watermark in that frame, the method spatially adjusts a digital watermark by the representative ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322035 | Audio-Based, Location-Related Methods The presently claimed technology relates generally to audio-based, location-related methods. One claim recites a method in which a microphone in a user's portable device captures ambient sound, and corresponding data is then processed to determine location information a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318664 | STEGANOGRAPHIC ENCODING FOR VIDEO AND IMAGES The presently claimed invention relates generally to digital watermarking and steganographic data hiding for video and images. One claim recites a method of connecting a user computing device to one of a plurality of remote computers available for communication over a n... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100317399 | CONTENT SHARING METHODS AND SYSTEMS A first device (such as a cell phone) is equipped with a micro-projector, and used to present imagery on a display surface. A second device (such as a second cell phone) is equipped with a digital camera, and used to capture some of the projected imagery. The captured i... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315495 | Bi-Directional Image Capture Methods and Apparatuses An apparatus has two optical portions, for capturing imagery from two directions. One portion captures imagery from the user (e.g., the user's retina), and the other captures imagery from another subject. In one arrangement, each optical portion has its own image sensor... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313278 | ASSOCIATING FIRST AND SECOND WATERMARKS WITH AUDIO OR VIDEO CONTENT The present invention relates generally to processing audio or video content. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: electronic memory, and an electronic logic processor. The electronic memory is for storing data representing audio or video content, in which the dat... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100313170 | System For Managing Display And Retrieval Of Image Content On A Network With Image Identification And Linking To Network Content A system manages display and retrieval of image content on a network by identifying the image and linking the image to related information, such as licensing information or usage rights. The system manages the display of image content stored within a network by associat... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100310164 | COLOR IMAGE OR VIDEO PROCESSING The present invention relates generally to color image processing. One claim recites a method of color masking an image or video including: reading color values of an image sample of the image or video and a corresponding change of an attribute of the image sample; and ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100310119 | Methods Employing Topical Subject Criteria in Video Processing The picture information of video can be used in various ways to identify the video or its topical subject matter. This enables numerous novel arrangements in which particular video of interest to a particular consumer can be discerned. A variety of other embodiments and... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100310118 | Printing Media and Methods Employing Digital Watermarking Stationery, or other printable media, is encoded with a digital watermark. The watermark is not conspicuous to a human observer of the media, yet conveys plural bits of auxiliary information when optically scanned and digitally processed. The watermark can be formed by ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100310117 | COLOR IMAGE OR VIDEO PROCESSING The present invention relates generally to color image processing. One claim recites a method comprising: determining a plurality of color attributes associated with video or imagery; determining which samples representing the video or imagery should receive digital wat... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100309287 | 3D Data Representation, Conveyance, and Use 3D video can be transmitted in a legacy 2D video format by conveying 3rd dimension parameters within a steganographic channel of the perceptual video signal, e.g., DCT coefficients, video samples (luminance, chrominance values), etc. The 3rd dimens... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306257 | CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS Peer-to-peer file sharing and uploading of content to content server systems is increasing in popularity on the Internet. Content signals can be edited and combined with other content programming, and or altered in ways that make it difficult to identify using conventio... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303284 | Signal Hiding Employing Feature Modification Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to methods and systems for signal hiding using feature modulation. One claim recites a method comprising: obtaining data representing a media signal; analyzing the data to determine features of the media signal; using a... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303283 | ADAPTIVE PREDICTION FILTERING FOR ENCODING/DECODING DIGITAL SIGNALS IN MEDIA CONTENT A method computes signal characteristics of a host signal in which a digital signal is encoded, and analyzes the characteristics to determine an extent to which the signal characteristics correspond to characteristics of the digital signal. The method adapts parameters ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296695 | Methods and Systems for Steganographic Processing The present claims utilize steganographic embedding to help facilitate tracing of unauthorized copies to a location and particular time. One claim recites a method including: obtaining data representing audio or video, the audio or video to be communicated to an audienc... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296526 | Wireless Methods and Devices Employing Plural-Bit Data Derived from Audio Information A portable wireless device includes a processor portion, which is adapted to process audio information in two different ways, for two different purposes. One is to help generate a signal that drives a speaker of the device, so that a user can listen thereto. Another is ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293276 | METHODS FOR ANALYZING ELECTRONIC MEDIA INCLUDING VIDEO AND AUDIO The present disclosure includes methods and apparatus for analyzing audio and video. One claim recites: a method including at a network access point, and using a programmed electronic processor, analyzing data representing audio or video to extract identifying informati... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100293106 | Location-Based Arrangements Employing Mobile Devices In one arrangement, a first user sends information from a portable device and receives a response that depends, at least in part, on the location of a second user's portable device. The information sent from the first portable device may be based on data captured by a s... | 11/18/2010 |
