Patents Examined by Peter Pottorak
  • Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium
    Patent number: 7231522
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to assuredly provide image data with the position of a region of interest in an image represented by the image data. In order to achieve this object, position information for specifying a region of interest within the image is embedded so as not to be recognized by human eyes, using a digital-watermark technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomochika Murakami, Keiichi Iwamura