Abstract:
An information processing apparatus (13) inputs image data including a first pixel group, a second pixel group generated by interpolating the first pixel group and verification data of the first pixel group, verifies whether the first pixel group has been altered using the first pixel group and the verification data, verifies whether the second pixel group has been altered by determining whether the second pixel group and the first pixel group are in a predetermined relationship, and determines whether the image data has been altered based on results of the verification as to whether the first pixel group has been altered and the verification as to whether the second pixel group has been altered.
Abstract:
A method for creating a differential gloss image includes providing first and second anisotropic halftone structures (10,12). The first and second anisotropic structures have different orientations. One of the first and second anisotropic structures is applied to image data in a first region of an image to be halftoned. The other of the first and second anisotropic structures may be applied to image data in a second region of an image to be halftoned. A mixture of the first and second anisotropic structures is applied to image data in a third region of the image to be halftoned, whereby when printed, the three regions each have a gloss characteristic which differs from that of the other two regions.
Abstract:
The method includes: a step for generating an image; a step for marking a plural number of documents to make the said image on each of the documents with variations for each document, the majority of the images formed on these documents presenting a physical anti-copy feature which corresponds to predetermined criteria such as the feature of the majority of the copies that can be made from these images not corresponding to the said predetermine criteria; a memorization step of the said unique imprint. In the various embodiments, the image only has two colors. In various embodiments, in the step which sets the variation features, a frequency analysis is performed. In the various embodiments, during the memorization step, the imprint is memorized in a data base and/or the document is marked with a market that is representative of the imprint, which is individually set on the document.
Abstract:
A system for use in an improved television set, audio stereo system, computing system, or other system capable of receiving, storing, transmitting, or processing an audio or visual signal, the system comprising: a remote database; means for receiving an initial audio or visual signal to which an additional digital information associated with the initial signal has been added, the additional information containing, in whole or in part, a first number which is uniquely assigned to the individual initial signal or copies thereof, wherein the first number represents an address to a location in the remote database wherein a pre-stored set of information associated with the initial signal is contained, and means coupled to the system containing a processor responsive to basic operating instructions for enabling the reading of the additional information and enabling the real-time retrieving from the remote database of a subset of the pre-stored information via a communications link with the remote site; wherein the pre-stored set of information comprises a menu of options or commands.
Abstract:
A system for use in an improved television set, audio stereo system, computing system, or other system capable of receiving, storing, transmitting, or processing an audio or visual signal, the system comprising: a remote database; means for receiving an initial audio or visual signal to which an additional digital information associated with the initial signal has been added, the additional information containing, in whole or in part, a first number which is uniquely assigned to the individual initial signal or copies thereof, wherein the first number represents an address to a location in the remote database wherein a pre-stored set of information associated with the initial signal is contained, and means coupled to the system containing a processor responsive to basic operating instructions for enabling the reading of the additional information and enabling the real-time retrieving from the remote database of a subset of the pre-stored information via a communications link with the remote site; wherein the pre-stored set of information comprises a menu of options or commands.
Abstract:
Techniques for secure distribution of digital representations that combine encryption and watermarking. When a user at a client desires to download a digital representation, the user makes a request to a server for the digital representation, which encrypts the digital representation using a first key and downloads the encrypted digital representation to the user. Before the user performs any operation on the decrypted digital representation, a secret fingerprint watermark identifying the user is added to the digital representation. The fingerprint watermark is added either at the server or at the client and a copy of the fingerprinted digital representation is kept at the server. If the user makes an impermissible use of the digital representation, the secret fingerprint watermark can be used to identify the user. The request made by the user indicates the type of use that the user whished to make of the digital representation. If the use involves storage of the digital representation at the client, the server provides a second key that the client employs to encrypt the digital representation. If the user has permission to do so, the user may modify the digital representation and return the modified digital representation to the server for further distribution. In this case, the second key is used to encrypt the digital representation when it is sent to the server. The second key also serves as the user identification in the fingerprint watermark. If the user loses the second key, it can be recovered from the copy of the fingerprinted digital representation kept at the server. The first and second keys and any decrypted copy of the digital representation are kept in secure storage in the client.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf die möglichst zuverlässige Ermittlung von Käufern oder Gruppen von Käufern, die unerkannt Dokumente weitergeben, also Angreifern, die ihre Fingerabdrücke in elektronischen Dokumenten durch Vergleich der Unterschiede ermitteln und löschen. Um einer größeren Anzahl von Kopien und Zahl von kooperierenden Angreifern Rechnung zu tragen, werden im geometrischen Ordnungssystem die an der Manipulation beteiligten Angreifer eindeutig ermittelt, indem jeder Markierungsstelle im Dokument eindeutig ein Punkt des projektiven Raumes PG(d,q) von Hyperebenen mittels geheimer Funktion zugeordnet wird, jedem Fingerabdruck mindestens zwei Hyperebenen von PG(d,q) zugeordnet werden, von denen jede nur einem Fingerabdruck exklusiv zugeordnet wird, und zu jedem Fingerabdruck genau die Markierungsstellen markiert werden, die den Punkten der ausgewählten Hyperebenen entsprechen. Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren eignet sich insbesondere für die Kennzeichnung von Kopien von Dokumenten, die dem Copyrightschutz unterliegen.