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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Greg S. Smith, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Ulichney, Stow, MA (US);
William J. Allen, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/0021 (2013.01); G06F 3/1296 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/32267 (2013.01); H04N 1/32309 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a data-hiding watermark on a surface may include encoding data within an image using the chrominance data of the of the image, adjusting at least one characteristic of the image to enhance the prominence of the encoded data within the image, and printing the adjusted, encoded image onto the surface.