EP0981900A2
Watermark detection
Abstract
A method is disclosed for embedding auxiliary data in a signal. The data is encoded into the relative position or phase of one or more basic watermark patterns. This allows multi-bit data to be embedded by using only one or a few distinct watermark patterns.

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| CN100380960C | Cited by | China | Search report |
| KALKER T. ET AL: "ON THE RELIABILITY OF DETECTING ELECTRONIC WATERMARKS IN DIGITAL IMAGES", SIGNAL PROCESSING : THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS OF EUSIPCO, 1998, pages 13 - 16, XP001025734 | Non-patent | – | Examiner |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0981900
- Application
- 999027543
Titles3
- German
- WASSERZEICHENERKENNUNG
- English
- WATERMARK DETECTION
- French
- DETECTION DES FILIGRANES
Classification
- CPC, 5
- G06T1/0071
- H04N5/913
- H04H20/31
- H04H2201/50
- H04N2005/91335
- IPC, 17
- H04N7 08
- G06K9 00
- G06K9 36
- G06K9 46
- G06T1 00
- G06T7 00
- G09C5 00
- H04H1 00
- H04H20 31
- H04N1 32
- H04N1 387
- H04N5 913
- H04N5 92
- H04N7 081
- H04N19 00
- H04N19 44
- H04N19 467
Designated states5
- Contracting states, 5
- Germany
- Spain
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy