Patents by Inventor Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood

Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood 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).

  • Patent number: 11968344
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere
  • Publication number: 20220247884
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere
  • Patent number: 11343402
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere
  • Publication number: 20200304678
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere
  • Patent number: 10616439
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere
  • Publication number: 20180270388
    Abstract: A watermark image may be generated that includes a first set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a first transparency value and a second set of encoded pixels each of which is assigned a second transparency value, the second transparency level being different from the first transparency level. The encoded pixels may be distributed among a set of blank pixels such that each encoded pixel neighbors one or more blank pixels in the watermark image, and in particular at least two blank pixels in the watermark image. Herein, each blank pixel may be assigned the second transparency value. The watermark image may be overlaid and blended over a background source image to create an encoded source image. A decoder system may recover encoded information from the encoded source image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Abdullah Hassan Gharaibeh, Michal Dabrowski, Ryan Matthew Haggarty, Igor Foox-Rapoport, Wan Wang, Duncan Geoffrey Hector Wood, Dany Kuminov, Matthew Young-Lai, Bhavin Vyas, George Jacob Levitte, Jean Semere