Patents by Inventor Rodney Gene Moon

Rodney Gene Moon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for watermark detection
    Patent number: 7133536
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting and authenticating a watermark on a document such as a check which is supposed to include a watermark having known characteristics to verify the authenticity of the document. A digitized image of the document is stored and processed through transformation which generates a frequency distribution. That frequency distribution is processed to determine one or more harmonic compared to a stored value associated with the document to determine that a watermark exists and it is the correct watermark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Gene Moon, Ravi Prakash