Patents by Inventor Birgit Maria Planitz

Birgit Maria Planitz 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).

  • Image Watermarking
    Publication number: 20080292133
    Abstract: A method (100) of watermarking an image (101) is disclosed. The method (100) segments the image (101) into regions. Each region is then characterised based upon one or more statistical features of the respective regions. For each region, a watermarking method and a number of bits to be embedded into the respective region are selected based on the characterization of the region. The number of bits of data is then embedded into the respective region using the watermarking method selected for that region. A method (105) of decoding a watermarked image (145) is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
    Inventors: Birgit Maria Planitz, Anthony John Maeder