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公开(公告)号：US12296525B2
公开(公告)日：2025-05-13
申请号：US17347358
申请日：2021-06-14
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Tomas Filler , Vojtech Holub , Hugh L. Brunk , Ravi K. Sharma
IPC: B29C33/38 , B29C33/10 , B29C33/42 , B29C45/26 , B29C45/37 , B29C51/30 , B29C51/40 , B29C59/00 , B29C59/02 , B42D25/333 , G06K19/06 , B29K101/12
Abstract: A thermoplastic resin, such as PET, is molded to define a 2D code signal, such as a digital watermark pattern. The mold can comprise an array of hole or spike features, some of which are directly vented to atmospheric pressure. A network of channels can link the other features to the directly-vented features, so all features are vented. A mold comprising spike features can form a digital watermark pattern on an item such that the watermark payload is decodable both from the side of the item that contacted the mold, and also from the opposite, non-contact side of the item. To aid entry of viscous thermoplastic among the very fine elemental features of a mold representing a watermark signal pattern, the features can be overlapped, forming a connected binary mark having larger features. A variety of other improvements and arrangements are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号：US20240364983A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-31
申请号：US18635899
申请日：2024-04-15
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: H04N23/00 , B29B17/02 , B29K23/00 , B29K67/00 , B29L31/00 , G06F21/16 , G06Q10/30 , G06V10/141 , G06V10/143 , G06V10/60 , G06V20/64 , G09C5/00 , H04N21/2389 , H04N21/44 , H04N21/8358
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：US20240364982A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-31
申请号：US18635783
申请日：2024-04-15
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Ravi K. Sharma , Tomas Filler , Vojtech Holub , Osama M. Alattar , Hugh L. Brunk , John D. Lord , William Y. Conwell
IPC: H04N23/00 , G06F21/16 , G09C5/00 , H04N21/2389 , H04N21/44 , H04N21/8358
CPC classification number: H04N23/00 , G06F21/16 , G09C5/00 , H04N21/23892 , H04N21/44008 , H04N21/8358 , H04L2209/34 , H04L2209/608
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：US12045908B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-23
申请号：US17860994
申请日：2022-07-08
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Tomas Filler , Matthew M. Weaver , Tony F. Rodriguez , Donald Haaga
CPC classification number: G06T1/0092 , G06F3/122 , G06F3/1243 , G06F3/1282 , G06T1/0028 , G06T1/005 , H04N1/32 , H04N1/32256 , G06T2201/0051 , G06T2201/0061 , G06T2201/0202 , G06T2201/0601
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11741733B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-29
申请号：US17214455
申请日：2021-03-26
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Tomas Filler , Ravi K. Sharma , Tony F. Rodriguez , Geoffrey B. Rhoads
IPC: G06T7/90 , G06V30/224 , B07C5/34 , B07C5/342 , B65G47/49 , G05B13/02 , G06T1/00 , G06T7/00 , H04N7/18 , G06F18/21 , G06F18/24 , H04N23/56 , H04N23/73 , G06V10/80 , G06V10/82 , G06V10/44 , G06V10/58
CPC classification number: G06V30/224 , B07C5/3416 , B07C5/3422 , B65G47/493 , G05B13/027 , G06F18/21 , G06F18/24 , G06T1/0014 , G06T1/0021 , G06T7/0004 , G06T7/90 , G06V10/454 , G06V10/811 , G06V10/82 , H04N7/18 , H04N23/56 , H04N23/73 , B07C2501/0054 , G06T2207/10024 , G06T2207/10048 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30108 , G06V10/58
Abstract: Images depicting items in a waste flow on a conveyor belt are provided to two analysis systems. The first system processes images to decode digital watermark payload data found on certain of the items (e.g., plastic containers). This payload data is used to look up corresponding attribute metadata for the items in a database, such as the type of plastic in each item, and whether the item was used as a food container or not. The second analysis system can be a spectroscopy system that determines the type of plastic in each item by its absorption characteristics. When the two systems conflict in identifying the plastic type, a sorting logic processor applies a rule set to arbitrate the conflict and determine which plastic type is most likely. The item is then sorted into one of several different bins depending on a combination of the final plastic identification, and whether the item was used as a food container or not. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
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公开(公告)号：US11710020B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-25
申请号：US17339711
申请日：2021-06-04
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Tomas Filler , Hugh L. Brunk , Adnan M. Alattar
IPC: G06K19/06 , B23K26/362
CPC classification number: G06K19/06037 , B23K26/362
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：US20220335959A1
公开(公告)日：2022-10-20
申请号：US17532884
申请日：2021-11-22
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Ravi K. Sharma , Brett A. Bradley , Yang Bai , Shankar Thagadur Shivappa , Ajith Kamath , Aparna Gurijala , Tomas Filler , David A. Cushman
IPC: G10L19/018 , G10L19/02
Abstract: Audio signal processing enhances audio watermark embedding and detecting processes. Audio signal processes include audio classification and adapting watermark embedding and detecting based on classification. Advances in audio watermark design include adaptive watermark signal structure data protocols, perceptual models, and insertion methods. Perceptual and robustness evaluation is integrated into audio watermark embedding to optimize audio quality relative the original signal, and to optimize robustness or data capacity. These methods are applied to audio segments in audio embedder and detector configurations to support real time operation. Feature extraction and matching are also used to adapt audio watermark embedding and detecting.
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公开(公告)号：US11257198B1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US16056071
申请日：2018-08-06
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Vojtech Holub , Tomas Filler
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to signal decoding and icon (e.g., a logo, shape, icon, etc.) detection. In some implementations, a series of filters are applied to scanlines to determine whether an icon is present. Other aspects, combinations and implementations are described as well.
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公开(公告)号：US11183198B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-23
申请号：US16751629
申请日：2020-01-24
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Tomas Filler , Shankar Thagadur Shivappa
IPC: G10L19/00 , G10L19/018 , G10L19/02
Abstract: Audio signal processing enhances audio watermark embedding and detecting processes. Audio signal processes include audio classification and adapting watermark embedding and detecting based on classification. Advances in audio watermark design include adaptive watermark signal structure data protocols, perceptual models, and insertion methods. Perceptual and robustness evaluation is integrated into audio watermark embedding to optimize audio quality relative the original signal, and to optimize robustness or data capacity. These methods are applied to audio segments in audio embedder and detector configurations to support real time operation. Feature extraction and matching are also used to adapt audio watermark embedding and detecting.
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公开(公告)号：US20200320323A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-08
申请号：US16825444
申请日：2020-03-20
Applicant: Digimarc Corporation
Inventor： Alastair M. Reed , Tomas Filler , Kristyn R. Falkenstern , Yang Bai
Abstract: The present document provides image processing methods and apparatus. One claim recites: obtaining a signal to be encoded in color image data, the signal comprising a plural-bit payload; predicting a resulting color of overprinting several inks on a substrate, the overprinting representing the color image data encoded with the signal; using the resulting color for both i) visibility evaluation of the overprinting, and ii) signal robustness evaluation of the overprinting as seen by an imaging device. Other claims and combinations are provided.
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