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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);

Utkarsh Deshmukh, Tualatin, OR (US);

John D. Lord, West Linn, OR (US);

Assignee:

Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 1/0021 (2013.01); G06T 1/0064 (2013.01); G06T 5/003 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06T 2201/0051 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0061 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0065 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0081 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0601 (2013.01);
Abstract

The geometric pose of a patch of watermark data is estimated based on the position of a similar, but non-identical, patch of information within a data structure. The information in the data structure corresponds to a tiled array of calibration patterns that is sampled along at least three non-parallel paths. In a particular embodiment, the calibration patterns are sampled so that edges are globally-curved, yet locally-flat. Use of such information in the data structure enables enhanced pose estimation, e.g., speeding up operation, enabling pose estimation from smaller patches of watermark signals, and/or enabling pose estimation from weaker watermark signals. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.


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