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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Hirofumi Komatsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuyki Kouno, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ebitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujio Ihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Komatsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuyki Kouno, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Ebitani, Kanagawa, JP;
Fujio Ihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A watermarked image generation apparatus embeds target data in an original image to generate a watermarked image. The watermarked image generation apparatus includes a target-data embedding unit and a marker-image embedding unit. The target-data embedding unit embeds the target data in respective plural embedding areas contained in the original image, to generate a watermarked image. The marker-image embedding unit embeds in the watermarked image a plurality of marker images used for identifying the plurality of embedding areas.