US6567780B2
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Audio with hidden in-band digital data
Assignee: Digimarc Corp
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Filing: 2002-04-09
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Granted: 2003-05-20
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Expires: 2022-04-09
Abstract
Abstract Digital audio data is processed to convey plural bits of hidden auxiliary data. The auxiliary data can be used for identification purposes, for device control (disabling recording and the like), etc. The claimed arrangement uses a data embedding technique characterized in that the values of single samples of the audio data are each influenced by the values of several of the bits of auxiliary data. A great variety of other techniques and applications are also detailed.
Inventors
- 👤 Geoffrey B. Rhoads
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F12/00; G06F12/14; G06F12/1408; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/123; G06Q20/1235; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/401; G06Q20/4014; G06Q20/40145; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/0021; G06T1/005; G06T1/0057; G07; G07C; G07C9/00; G07C9/20; G07C9/22; G07C9/25; G07C9/253; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/003; G07D7/0032; G07D7/004; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/16; G07F17/26; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/086; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G07F7/1016; G07F7/12; G10; G10L; G10L19/00; G10L19/018; G11; G11B; G11B20/00; G11B20/00007; G11B20/00086; G11B20/00094; G11B20/00115; G11B20/00166; G11B20/00181; G11B20/0021; G11B20/00884; G11B20/00891; G11B20/10; G11B20/10009; G11B20/10037; G11B20/10527; H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/66; H04B1/665; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00002; H04N1/00005; H04N1/00026; H04N1/00037; H04N1/00071; H04N1/00074; H04N1/00079; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32144; H04N1/32149; H04N1/32203; H04N1/32208; H04N1/32251; H04N1/32288; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/89; H04N5/90; H04N5/91; H04N5/913; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N9/82; H04N9/8205; G06T2201/00; G06T2201/005; G06T2201/0052; G11B2020/00014; G11B2020/10537; G11B2020/10546; G11B2020/10555; H04N2005/91307; H04N2005/91321; H04N2005/91335; H04N2005/91342; H04N2005/9135; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3207; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3226; H04N2201/3233; H04N2201/3269; H04N2201/327; H04N2201/3271; H04N2201/328; H04N9/8047; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/901
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
In a method of processing audio to hide N-bits of embedded information in sampled audio data corresponding to audible information, N being at least two, each sample having a value, an improvement wherein each of plural of said samples has a value that is a function of plural bits of said N-bits of embedded information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
In a method of processing audio to hide N-bits of embedded information in sampled audio data corresponding to audible information, N being at least two, each sample having a value, an improvement wherein each of plural of said samples has a value that is a function of plural bits of said N-bits of embedded information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 , further characterized by disabling a recording capability of an associated apparatus in response to detection of at least a part of said N-bits of information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 that includes changing the strength of embedding in accordance with a local attribute of the sample audio data, rather than encoding at a uniformly constant strength.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 in which certain of said samples are increased in value as a consequence of said processing, and others of said samples are decreased in value as a consequence of said processing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 in which said processing proceeds with reference to a noise signal to better hide the N-bits of embedded information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1 wherein part of said N-bits of embedded information is used to disable the recording capability of an associated apparatus, and another part of said N-bits of embedded information is used for a purpose unrelated to disabling such a recording capability.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 , further characterized by examining the character of different excerpts of said audio, and not embedding information in certain portions thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 , further characterized by processing the audio using a lossy compression/decompression series of operations, wherein said N-bits of information can be recovered from the audio notwithstanding losses due to said compressing and decompressing.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
In a method of processing sampled audio data to hide N-bits of embedded information therein, N being at least two, each sample having a value, an improvement wherein each of plural of said samples has a value that is a function of plural bits of said N-bits of embedded information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
In a method of processing sampled audio data to hide N-bits of embedded information therein, N being at least two, each sample having a value, an improvement wherein each of plural of said samples has a value that is a function of plural bits of said N-bits of embedded information.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 9 including changing the strength of embedding in accordance with a local attribute of the audio data, rather than encoding at a uniformly constant strength.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 9 in which certain of said samples are increased in value as a consequence of said processing, and others of said samples are decreased in value as a consequence of said processing.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 9 in which said processing proceeds with reference to a noise signal to better hide the N-bits of embedded information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 9 , further characterized by examining the character of different excerpts of said audio, and not embedding information in certain portions thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 9 , further characterized by compressing the processed audio with a lossy compression process, and thereafter decompressing the compressed audio, wherein said N-bits of information can be recovered from the audio notwithstanding losses due to said compressing and decompressing.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of encoding a set of input audio data with at least first and second symbols of auxiliary data to be hidden therein, the audio data comprising audio samples, each having a value, characterized in that there exists at least one sample whose value after encoding is influenced by the first symbol, and is also influenced by the second symbol.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of encoding a set of input audio data with at least first and second symbols of auxiliary data to be hidden therein, the audio data comprising audio samples, each having a value, characterized in that there exists at least one sample whose value after encoding is influenced by the first symbol, and is also influenced by the second symbol.
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