EP1639518A4 - Methods and apparatus for embedding watermarks - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for embedding watermarks

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EP1639518A4
EP1639518A4 EP04776572A EP04776572A EP1639518A4 EP 1639518 A4 EP1639518 A4 EP 1639518A4 EP 04776572 A EP04776572 A EP 04776572A EP 04776572 A EP04776572 A EP 04776572A EP 1639518 A4 EP1639518 A4 EP 1639518A4
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Prior art keywords
methods
embedding watermarks
watermarks
embedding
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1639518B1 (en
EP1639518A2 (en
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Venugopal Srinivasan
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TNC US Holdings Inc
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Nielsen Media Research LLC
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04K—SECRET COMMUNICATION; JAMMING OF COMMUNICATION
    • H04K1/00—Secret communication
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L19/00—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
    • G10L19/018—Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H20/00—Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast
    • H04H20/28—Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
    • H04H20/30—Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information by a single channel
    • H04H20/31—Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information by a single channel using in-band signals, e.g. subsonic or cue signal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
    • G10L19/00—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
    • G10L19/02—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
    • G10L19/0212—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders using orthogonal transformation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04H—BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
    • H04H2201/00—Aspects of broadcast communication
    • H04H2201/50—Aspects of broadcast communication characterised by the use of watermarks
EP04776572.2A 2003-06-13 2004-06-14 Methods and apparatus for embedding watermarks Active EP1639518B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US47862603P 2003-06-13 2003-06-13
US57125804P 2004-05-14 2004-05-14
PCT/US2004/018953 WO2005008582A2 (en) 2003-06-13 2004-06-14 Methods and apparatus for embedding watermarks

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EP1639518A2 EP1639518A2 (en) 2006-03-29
EP1639518A4 true EP1639518A4 (en) 2011-09-28
EP1639518B1 EP1639518B1 (en) 2018-12-26

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CN (2) CN1823482B (en)
AU (2) AU2004258470B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2529310C (en)
HK (2) HK1090476A1 (en)
TW (1) TWI342515B (en)
WO (2) WO2005002200A2 (en)
ZA (1) ZA200510074B (en)

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HK1090476A1 (en) 2006-12-22
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CN101950561B (en) 2012-12-19
CA2529310A1 (en) 2005-01-27
CN1823482B (en) 2010-12-01
CN1823482A (en) 2006-08-23
EP1639518B1 (en) 2018-12-26
TW200517949A (en) 2005-06-01
WO2005008582A2 (en) 2005-01-27
CA2529310C (en) 2012-12-18
CN101950561A (en) 2011-01-19
AU2004258470A2 (en) 2005-01-27
WO2005002200A3 (en) 2005-06-09
WO2005008582A3 (en) 2005-12-15
EP1639518A2 (en) 2006-03-29
AU2010200873B2 (en) 2012-09-06
WO2005002200A2 (en) 2005-01-06
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AU2004258470B2 (en) 2009-12-10
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