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Method for generating an improved carrier for use in an image data embedding application
Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures LLC
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Filing: 1997-04-28
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Granted: 2000-03-28
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Expires: 2017-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A message is embedded into a digital image by forming a digitized version of the message and convolving the digitized message with a random phase carrier to form a scrambled message. The scrambled message is then combined with the digital image to form an embedded message image that is near impossible to extract without knowledge of the formation of the random phase carrier.
Inventors
- 👤 Chris W. Honsinger
- 👤 Majid Rabbani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:43
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32144; H04N1/32149; H04N1/32203; H04N1/32208; H04N1/32251; H04N1/32288; H04N1/32293; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0052; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3233; H04N2201/3269; H04N2201/327; H04N2201/328; H04N2201/3281
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for embedding a message into a digitized image comprising the steps of: a) forming a digitized version of the desired message; b) generating a random phase carrier; c) convolving said formed digitized version of the desired message and said generated random phase carrier to form a scrambled message; and d) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded message image.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for embedding a message into a digitized image comprising the steps of: a) forming a digitized version of the desired message; b) generating a random phase carrier; c) convolving said formed digitized version of the desired message and said generated random phase carrier to form a scrambled message; and d) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded message image.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
68 words
A method for embedding a non-visible message into a digitized image comprising the steps of: a) forming a digitized version of the desired message; b) generating a random phase carrier; c) convolving said formed digitized version of the desired message and said generated random phase carrier to form a scrambled message; and d) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded non-visible message image.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
68 words
A method for embedding a non-visible message into a digitized image comprising the steps of: a) forming a digitized version of the desired message; b) generating a random phase carrier; c) convolving said formed digitized version of the desired message and said generated random phase carrier to form a scrambled message; and d) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded non-visible message image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein the generated random phase carrier is a flat spectrum random phase carrier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 3 wherein the flat spectrum random phase carrier is generated in a complex Fourier space of constant amplitude and random phase.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
63 words
A method for embedding a message into a digitized image incorporating a cryptographically secure carrier signal comprising the steps of: a) generating a random phase carrier signal incorporating a private key; b) convolving a message with said generated random phase carrier signal to form a scrambled message; and c) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded message image.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
63 words
A method for embedding a message into a digitized image incorporating a cryptographically secure carrier signal comprising the steps of: a) generating a random phase carrier signal incorporating a private key; b) convolving a message with said generated random phase carrier signal to form a scrambled message; and c) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded message image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 5 wherein said message is not visible in the embedded message image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein said convolving step is performed with a circular convolver.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein said scrambled message is tiled across the digitized image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 8 wherein the digitized version of the desired message is recovered by summing the contents of each tile together such that digitized message components add constructively and image components add destructively.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
47 words
A method of embedding a message in a source image, comprising the steps of: a) convolving the message with an encoding carrier to produce a scrambled message; and b) adding the scrambled message to the source image to produce a source image containing an embedded scrambled message.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
47 words
A method of embedding a message in a source image, comprising the steps of: a) convolving the message with an encoding carrier to produce a scrambled message; and b) adding the scrambled message to the source image to produce a source image containing an embedded scrambled message.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method according to claim 10, and further comprising the steps of: a) cross correlating the source image containing a scrambled message with a decoding carrier to recover the embedded scrambled message; and b) extracting the message from the scrambled message.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 11, wherein the decoding carrier is identical to the encoding carrier image.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein the decoding and encoding carriers are random with a private key.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
74 words
A method for embedding a non-visible message into a digitized image comprising the steps of: a) forming a digitized version of a desired multi-bit message; b) generating a random phase carrier consisting of a single carrier image; c) convolving said formed digitized version of the desired multi-bit message and said carrier image to form a single scrambled message; and d) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded message image.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
74 words
A method for embedding a non-visible message into a digitized image comprising the steps of: a) forming a digitized version of a desired multi-bit message; b) generating a random phase carrier consisting of a single carrier image; c) convolving said formed digitized version of the desired multi-bit message and said carrier image to form a single scrambled message; and d) combining said scrambled message with the digitized image to form an embedded message image.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 14 wherein the generated random phase carrier is a flat spectrum random phase carrier.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 15 wherein the flat spectrum random phase carrier is generated in a complex Fourier space of constant amplitude and random phase.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 14 wherein said convolving step is performed with a circular convolver.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 14 wherein said scrambled message is tiled across the digitized image.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 14 wherein the digitized version of the desired message is recovered by summing the contents of each tile together such that digitized message components add constructively and image components add destructively.
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