OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR THE INSERTION, PROTECTION, AND DETECTION OF DIGITAL WATERMARKS IN DIGITIZED DATA
First Claim
1. An article of manufacture comprising a machine readable medium, having thereon stored instructions adapted to be executed by a processor, which instructions when executed result in a process comprising:
- pre-analyzing a digital signal to identify potential watermarking locations within the digital signal, which potential watermarking locations are suitable for embedding one or more bits of a watermark message;
pre-processing a watermark message to determine an exact length of the watermark message to be embedded within the digital signal based on the preanalyzing step; and
embedding the exact length of the watermark message into the digital signal using the locations identified by the pre-analyzing step.
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Abstract
The implementations of digital watermarks can be optimally suited to particular transmission, distribution and storage mediums given the nature of digitally-sampled audio, video and other multimedia works. Watermark application parameters can be adapted to the individual characteristics of a given digital sample stream. Watermark information can be either carried in individual samples or in relationships between multiple samples, such as in a waveform shape. More optimal models may be obtained to design watermark systems that are tamper-resistant given the number and breadth of existent digitized sample options with different frequency and time components. The highest quality of a given content signal may be maintained as it is mastered, with the watermark suitably hidden, taking into account usage of digital filters and error correction. The quality of the underlying content signals can be used to identify and highlight advantageous locations for the insertion of digital watermarks. The watermark is integrated as closely as possible to the content signal, at a maximum level to force degradation of the content signal when attempts are made to remove the watermarks.
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1. An article of manufacture comprising a machine readable medium, having thereon stored instructions adapted to be executed by a processor, which instructions when executed result in a process comprising:
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pre-analyzing a digital signal to identify potential watermarking locations within the digital signal, which potential watermarking locations are suitable for embedding one or more bits of a watermark message; pre-processing a watermark message to determine an exact length of the watermark message to be embedded within the digital signal based on the preanalyzing step; and embedding the exact length of the watermark message into the digital signal using the locations identified by the pre-analyzing step.
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