US6535614B1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing electronic watermark information, and recording medium

Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co Ltd

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Filing: 1998-08-24

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Granted: 2003-03-18

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Expires: 2018-08-24

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Abstract

Abstract At recording of a video signal, with electronic watermark information being embedded therein, on a recording medium, a reference signal which is formed differently from the watermark information is inserted to the video signal. At reproduction of the video signal, the luminance of the watermark information is modified based on the reference signal.

Inventors

👤 Hiroyuki Kimura
👤 Takao Arai
👤 Toshifumi Takeuchi
👤 Hiroshi Yoshiura

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 17:55

CPC Classifications

G; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/10; G11B20/10527; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; G06T1/005; G06T1/0085; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00884; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/238; H04N21/2389; H04N21/23892; H04N21/80; H04N21/83; H04N21/835; H04N21/8358; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/91; H04N5/913; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0065; H04N2005/91307; H04N2005/91335

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4

Claim 1

Independent Claim 147 words

A method of reproducing electronic watermark information comprising the steps of: detecting a reference signal for detecting electronic watermark information from a recording medium having recorded thereon a video signal, the electronic watermark information being embedded in the video signal by alteration of a luminous value of a luminance signal included in the video signal, and the reference signal being inserted in the video signal at a position different from a position of embedment of the electronic watermark information; and modifying a luminous value of the electronic watermark information based on the reference signal;. wherein the modifying step includes the step of calculating a drop of a gain of the reference signal; and wherein the detecting step includes the steps of generating an electronic watermark information position detection signal based on a sync signal, and generating a reference signal position detection signal based on a sync signal.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 147 words

Claim 3

Independent Claim 130 words

An apparatus for reproducing electronic watermark information comprising: an electronic watermark information detecting circuit which detects electronic watermark information from a video signal; a reference signal detecting circuit which detects a reference signal; and a modification circuit which modifies an amplitude of the electronic watermark information based on an amplitude of the reference signal; wherein the modification circuit includes a gain drift calculating circuit which calculates a drop of a gain of the reference signal; wherein the electronic watermark information detecting circuit includes an electronic watermark position generating circuit which generates an electronic watermark information position detection signal based on a sync signal; and wherein the reference signal detecting circuit includes a reference signal position generating circuit which generates a reference signal position detection signal based on a sync signal.

Claim 4

Independent Claim 130 words

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