WO1998008180A3 - Authentification de supports optiques numeriques et protection contre les copies - Google Patents

Authentification de supports optiques numeriques et protection contre les copies Download PDF

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WO1998008180A3
WO1998008180A3 PCT/IL1997/000266 IL9700266W WO9808180A3 WO 1998008180 A3 WO1998008180 A3 WO 1998008180A3 IL 9700266 W IL9700266 W IL 9700266W WO 9808180 A3 WO9808180 A3 WO 9808180A3
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Bruce David Sollish
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Henry Marshall Israel
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Abstract

Nouveaux supports optiques numériques sur lesquels sont enregistrés certains symboles appartenant à deux classes de codes spéciaux se trouvant dans des emplacements spécifiques déterminés. L'une des classes fournit des symboles dont le décodage, après plusieurs lectures par un lecteur classique de supports optiques, indique que les symboles en question sont valables mais qu'ils ont des valeurs variables. La seconde classe est composée de codes dont le décodeur du lecteur reconnaît immédiatement l'invalidité. Les codes de la première classe de codes spéciaux peuvent être lus par un lecteur classique de supports optiques, mais ils ne peuvent pas être écrits ou copiés par les enregistreurs classiques de supports optiques, ni par les appareils de matriçage. Par conséquent, leur présence sur les supports optiques sert à indiquer l'authenticité des supports optiques et à les distinguer d'une copie non autorisée qui serait dépourvue de ces symboles spéciaux. Les symboles de la seconde classe de codes spéciaux servent à protéger la lecture des symboles de la première classe contre toute modification ou stabilisation par le système de correction d'erreurs du lecteur. Des groupes de symboles issus des deux dites classes et disposés selon une configuration particulière constituent un marquage impossible à copier permettant la vérification automatique de l'authenticité des supports optiques, et la protection des données enregistrées sur ces supports, de sorte qu'elles ne puissent être exploitées que lorsqu'elles sont présentes sur des supports authentiques.
PCT/IL1997/000266 1996-08-05 1997-08-05 Authentification de supports optiques numeriques et protection contre les copies WO1998008180A2 (fr)

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IL12836997A IL128369A0 (en) 1996-08-05 1997-08-05 Digital optical media authentication and copy protection method
AU37061/97A AU3706197A (en) 1996-08-05 1997-08-05 Digital optical media authentication and copy protection method
EP97933829A EP1076902A4 (fr) 1996-08-05 1997-08-05 Authentification de supports optiques numeriques et protection contre les copies

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US68920996A 1996-08-05 1996-08-05
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