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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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
May. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Naoto Kawamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
When additional information is embedded into image data, both image quality and tolerance are improved. The image processing method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of pixels or a plurality of spatial-frequency components into which additional information is to be embedded; and changing the data value of the plurality of embedding pixels or spatial-frequency components in accordance with a value corresponding to the data value of the spatial-frequency components in order to embed the additional information.