WO2002088904A3 - Digital watermarking methods and related toy and game applications - Google Patents

Digital watermarking methods and related toy and game applications Download PDF

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WO2002088904A3
WO2002088904A3 PCT/US2002/013728 US0213728W WO02088904A3 WO 2002088904 A3 WO2002088904 A3 WO 2002088904A3 US 0213728 W US0213728 W US 0213728W WO 02088904 A3 WO02088904 A3 WO 02088904A3
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game
toy
digital watermarks
attributes
toys
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Brett T Hannigan
Ravi K Sharma
Stephen K Decker
Phillip Andrew Seder
Tony F Rodriguez
Andrew Klonsky
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Digimarc Corp
Brett T Hannigan
Ravi K Sharma
Stephen K Decker
Phillip Andrew Seder
Tony F Rodriguez
Andrew Klonsky
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T1/00—General purpose image data processing
    • G06T1/0021—Image watermarking
    • G06T1/0092—Payload characteristic determination in a watermarking scheme, e.g. number of bits to be embedded
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T1/00—General purpose image data processing
    • G06T1/0021—Image watermarking
    • G06T1/005—Robust watermarking, e.g. average attack or collusion attack resistant
    • G06T1/0064—Geometric transfor invariant watermarking, e.g. affine transform invariant
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2201/00—General purpose image data processing
    • G06T2201/005—Image watermarking
    • G06T2201/0051—Embedding of the watermark in the spatial domain
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2201/00—General purpose image data processing
    • G06T2201/005—Image watermarking
    • G06T2201/0061—Embedding of the watermark in each block of the image, e.g. segmented watermarking
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2201/00—General purpose image data processing
    • G06T2201/005—Image watermarking
    • G06T2201/0601—Image watermarking whereby calibration information is embedded in the watermark, e.g. a grid, a scale, a list of transformations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/00127—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture

Abstract

The present invention relates to toys (20) and game applications that are enhanced with digital watermarks. In one embodiment, a character card includes a unique identifier in the form of a digital watermark. The identifier is used to link to a database record (26), which can be updated to reflect changes in game attributes. Some such game attributes include life, character type and name, health, strength, and power levels. The data record can be updated or modified to reflect changes in attributes due to activity or events during a computer software game. The database record can be used by the computer software game to alter or enhance the game. In another embodiment, a toy interacts with toy components or cards via digital watermarks. Digital watermarks enhance games, toys and books in still other embodiments.
PCT/US2002/013728 2001-05-02 2002-05-01 Digital watermarking methods and related toy and game applications WO2002088904A2 (en)

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US29722901P 2001-06-07 2001-06-07
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US35585602P 2002-02-10 2002-02-10
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