SERIALIZED DIGITAL WATERMARKING FOR VARIABLE DATA PRINTING

    公开(公告)号:US20220301094A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17716416

    申请日:2022-04-08

    IPC分类号: G06T1/00 G06F3/12 H04N1/32

    摘要: 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.

    Serialized digital watermarking for variable data printing

    公开(公告)号:US11386517B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US16789992

    申请日:2020-02-13

    摘要: 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.

    SERIALIZED DIGITAL WATERMARKING FOR VARIABLE DATA PRINTING

    公开(公告)号:US20230084508A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17860994

    申请日:2022-07-08

    IPC分类号: G06T1/00 G06F3/12 H04N1/32

    摘要: 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.

    RECYCLING METHODS AND SYSTEMS, AND RELATED PLASTIC CONTAINERS

    公开(公告)号:US20220027590A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17393227

    申请日:2021-08-03

    IPC分类号: G06K7/14 G06T7/00 G06K9/20

    摘要: 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. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.

    Serialized digital watermarking for variable data printing

    公开(公告)号:US10235731B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-19

    申请号:US15928628

    申请日:2018-03-22

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06T1/00 H04N1/32

    摘要: 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.