Patents by Inventor Matthew M. Weaver
Matthew M. Weaver 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).
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Patent number: 11962876Abstract: A plastic item, such as a beverage bottle, conveys two distinct digital watermarks, encoded using two distinct signaling protocols. A first, printed label watermark conveys a retailing payload, including a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) used by a point-of-sale scanner in a retail store to identify and price the item when presented for checkout. A second, plastic texture watermark conveys a recycling payload, including data identifying the composition of the plastic. The use of two different signaling protocols assures that a point-of-sale scanner will not spend its limited time and computational resources working to decode the recycling watermark, which lacks the data needed for retail checkout. In some embodiments, a recycling apparatus makes advantageous use of both types of watermarks to identify the plastic composition of the item (e.g., relating GTIN to plastic type using an associated database), thereby increasing the fraction of items that are correctly identified for sorting and recycling.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Ravi K. Sharma, Tomas Filler, Vojtech Holub, Osama M. Alattar, Hugh L. Brunk, John D. Lord, Matthew M. Weaver, William Y. Conwell
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Publication number: 20230084508Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Publication number: 20220301094Abstract: Variable data printing workflows are enhanced for use with content that includes 2D code patterns, such as digital watermark data. One arrangement includes applying a filter to a content stream within a PDF document to extract both first variable pattern data for a first watermark pattern and second variable pattern data for a second watermark pattern. A first composite watermark pattern is then defined based on the extracted first variable watermark pattern data in conjunction with static watermark pattern data, and a second composite watermark pattern is defined based on the extracted second variable watermark pattern data in conjunction with the static watermark pattern data. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga, Mark-Andrew Ray Tait, Jeremy Cattone
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Patent number: 11386517Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the raster image processor or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Publication number: 20220086144Abstract: This disclosure details image and audio signal processing methods and associated equipment to robustly encode transaction parameters in rendered displays, printed objects and audio. It also details corresponding decoding methods and equipment to recover these parameters. Further, it details object authentication processing and equipment to validate a transaction for an object, employing a trust network protocol for maintaining a trusted transaction history of the object. Various alternative forms of this technology are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20220027590Abstract: A plastic item, such as a beverage bottle, conveys two distinct digital watermarks, encoded using two distinct signaling protocols. A first, printed label watermark conveys a retailing payload, including a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) used by a point-of-sale scanner in a retail store to identify and price the item when presented for checkout. A second, plastic texture watermark conveys a recycling payload, including data identifying the composition of the plastic. The use of two different signaling protocols assures that a point-of-sale scanner will not spend its limited time and computational resources working to decode the recycling watermark, which lacks the data needed for retail checkout. In some embodiments, a recycling apparatus makes advantageous use of both types of watermarks to identify the plastic composition of the item (e.g., relating GTIN to plastic type using an associated database), thereby increasing the fraction of items that are correctly identified for sorting and recycling.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Ravi K. Sharma, Tomas Filler, Vojtech Holub, Osama M. Alattar, Hugh L. Brunk, John D. Lord, Matthew M. Weaver, William Y. Conwell
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Patent number: 11102201Abstract: This disclosure details image and audio signal processing methods and associated equipment to robustly encode transaction parameters in rendered displays, printed objects and audio. It also details corresponding decoding methods and equipment to recover these parameters. Further, it details object authentication processing and equipment to validate a transaction for an object, employing a trust network protocol for maintaining a trusted transaction history of the object. Various alternative forms of this technology are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20210217129Abstract: The present disclosure relates to signal decoding and icon (e.g., a logo, shape, icon, etc.) detection. In some implementations, a first response is provided upon signal decoding but no icon detection within first captured image data, and a second response is provided upon signal decoding and icon detection within the first captured image data. Other aspects, combinations and implementations are described as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Utkarsh Deshmukh, Eliot Rogers, Matthew M. Weaver
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Patent number: 10853903Abstract: The present disclosure relates to signal decoding and icon (e.g., a logo, shape, icon, etc.) detection. In some implementations, a first response is provided upon signal decoding but no icon detection within first captured image data, and a second response is provided upon signal decoding and icon detection within the first captured image data. Other aspects, combinations and implementations are described as well.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Utkarsh Deshmukh, Eliot Rogers, Matthew M. Weaver
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Publication number: 20200287898Abstract: This disclosure details image and audio signal processing methods and associated equipment to robustly encode transaction parameters in rendered displays, printed objects and audio. It also details corresponding decoding methods and equipment to recover these parameters. Further, it details object authentication processing and equipment to validate a transaction for an object, employing a trust network protocol for maintaining a trusted transaction history of the object. Various alternative forms of this technology are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20200273139Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Patent number: 10594689Abstract: This disclosure details image and audio signal processing methods and associated equipment to robustly encode transaction parameters in rendered displays, printed objects and audio. It also details corresponding decoding methods and equipment to recover these parameters. Further, it details object authentication processing and equipment to validate a transaction for an object, employing a trust network protocol for maintaining a trusted transaction history of the object. Various alternative forms of this technology are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez
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Patent number: 10565669Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Publication number: 20190306385Abstract: A plastic item, such as a beverage bottle, conveys two distinct digital watermarks, encoded using two distinct signaling protocols. A first, printed label watermark conveys a retailing payload, including a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) used by a point-of-sale scanner in a retail store to identify and price the item when presented for checkout. A second, plastic texture watermark conveys a recycling payload, including data identifying the composition of the plastic. The use of two different signaling protocols assures that a point-of-sale scanner will not spend its limited time and computational resources working to decode the recycling watermark, which lacks the data needed for retail checkout. In some embodiments, a recycling apparatus makes advantageous use of both types of watermarks to identify the plastic composition of the item (e.g., relating GTIN to plastic type using an associated database), thereby increasing the fraction of items that are correctly identified for sorting and recycling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Ravi K. Sharma, Tomas Filler, Vojtech Holub, Osama M. Alattar, Hugh L. Brunk, Matthew M. Weaver, William Y. Conwell
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Publication number: 20190279331Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Patent number: 10235731Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Publication number: 20180338068Abstract: The disclosure relates to digital watermarking, steganography, and specifically to message coding protocols used in conjunction with digital watermarking and steganographic encoding/decoding and payload interpretation methods. One claim recites a method for interpreting a data structure having fixed and variable message portions, the method comprising: processing the fixed message portion to determine a version of the variable message portion; decoding the entire payload field of the variable message portion according to the determined version; and interpreting only a portion of the decoded payload field according to the determined version. Of course, other features and claims are provided too.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Matthew M. Weaver, Ravi K. Sharma
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Publication number: 20180293688Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga
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Patent number: 9986282Abstract: Supplemental network services are synchronized with a program using the program's audio signal. A synchronization method employs local caching of portions of a fingerprint database to manage network services for identifying which programs a user's mobile device is exposed to and the timing of events within the program. The system enables background recognition and synchronization of network services in a way that consumes less device power and bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Brian T. MacIntosh, Tony F. Rodriguez, Ravi K. Sharma, Matthew M. Weaver
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Patent number: 9928561Abstract: Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Digimarc CorporationInventors: Tomas Filler, Matthew M. Weaver, Tony F. Rodriguez, Donald Haaga