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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:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, WA (US);
Tyler J. Mckinley, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, WA (US);
Tyler J. McKinley, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Assignee:
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for searching for a control signal in streaming video or streaming audio that indicates the presence of a watermark in the streaming video or streaming audio. The streaming video or streaming audio is received and searched for a control signal. The detection of a control signal indicates the presences of a digital watermark in the streaming video or streaming audio. An indicator is triggered based upon detecting the control signal.