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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2007
Reiner Eschbach, Webster, NY (US);
Farzin Blurfrushan, Torrance, CA (US);
Raja Bala, Webster, NY (US);
Reiner Eschbach, Webster, NY (US);
Farzin Blurfrushan, Torrance, CA (US);
Raja Bala, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A watermark can be embedded in an image that has the property of being relatively indecipherable under normal light by including a distraction pattern, and yet remains decipherable under infrared illumination when viewed by a suitable infrared sensitive instrument. This infrared mark comprises, a substrate reflective to infrared radiation, a foreground colorant mixture printed as an image upon the substrate, a background colorant mixture and a distraction colorant mixture. A resultant collocated image rendered substrate suitably exposed to an infrared illumination, will yield a discernable image evident as a infrared mark to a suitable infrared sensitive device, but remain undecipherable under normal ambient light.