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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinobu Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Wakasu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A digital data encode system for inserting water mark data into digital data signals having a series of field data by use of a water mark data inserting device, the digital data encode system has a field judging unit dividing the digital data signals by a predetermined reference, a water mark data selection output unit for selecting proper one of a plurality of different water mark data prepared correspondingly to the division according to the judgment result of the field judging unit, and a water mark data inserting device for inserting the water mark data supplied from the water mark data selection output unit into the digital data signals.