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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. 09, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Joshua V. Aller, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32203 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06T 1/005 (2013.01); G06T 1/0092 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); H04M 1/72522 (2013.01); H04N 1/32144 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0065 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); H04M 2250/04 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3225 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3269 (2013.01);
Abstract
A variety of methods and systems involving sensor-equipped portable devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers, are described. One particular embodiment decodes a digital watermark from imagery captured by the device and, by reference to watermark payload data, obtains salient point data corresponding to an object depicted in the imagery. Other embodiments obtain salient point data for an object through use of other technologies (e.g., NFC chips). The salient point data enables the device to interact with the object in a spatially-dependent manner. Many other features and arrangements are also detailed.