Dynamic digital watermark

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9497349-B2
Application number	US-201414470499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2014
Priority date	Aug 28, 2013
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

Some implementations may provide a computer-implemented method for validating a digital document, the method including: receiving, at a computing device, the digital document comprising at least two digital watermarks, the digital document issued by a central entity; retrieving a first digital watermark from the digital document, the first digital watermark visually presented at a first time point; retrieving a second digital watermark from the digital document, the second digital watermark visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and reading the digital document based on the retrieved first and second digital watermarks.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for reading a digital identification document, the method comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, the digital identification document comprising at least two digital watermarks, the digital identification document issued by a central entity;
retrieving a first digital watermark from the digital identification document, the first digital watermark visually presented at a first time point;
retrieving a second digital watermark from the digital identification document such that a sequence of digital watermarks is retrieved, the sequence comprising the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark, the second digital watermark visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and
validating the digital identification document as authentic based on the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, as well as a sequential order of the sequence of digital watermarks.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the sequence of digital watermarks comprises:
retrieving a sequence of digital watermarks comprising the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, and a third digital watermark, the third digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing the sequence of digital watermarks to confirm that the digital identification document is issued by the central entity.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing the sequence of digital watermarks to confirm that a person holding the digital identification document is the person identified by the sequence of digital watermarks.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a first temporal pattern in which the first digital watermark is visually presented intermittently.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
decoding, from the first temporal pattern, information linking an entity who has generated the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked entity is the central entity.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
decoding, from the first temporal pattern, information linking a holder of the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked holder is the person presenting the digital identification document.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a second temporal pattern in which the second digital watermark is visually presented intermittently.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
decoding, from the second temporal pattern, information linking an entity who has generated the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked entity is the central entity.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
decoding, from the second temporal pattern, information linking a holder of the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked holder is the person presenting the digital identification document.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
extracting information from the first digital watermark, the information correlatable with data encoded by the second digital watermark;
correlating the extracted information with data encoded by the second digital watermark; and
using results of the correlation to determine whether the digital identification document is authentic.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
extracting information from the second digital watermark, the information correlatable with data encoded by the first digital watermark;
correlating the extracted information with data encoded by the first digital watermark; and
using results of the correlation to determine whether the digital identification document is authentic.

13. A mobile computing device for authenticating a person, the mobile computing device comprising at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a mobile device, a digital identification document comprising at least two digital watermarks, the digital identification document issued by a central entity;
retrieving a first digital watermark from the digital identification document, the first digital watermark visually presented at a first time point;
retrieving a second digital watermark from the digital identification document such that a sequence of digital watermarks is retrieved, the sequence comprising the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark, the second digital watermark visually presented at a second time point, the second digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second time point being different from the first time point; and
validating the digital identification document as authentic based on the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, as well as a sequential order of the sequence of digital watermarks.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 13 , wherein retrieving the sequence of digital watermarks comprises:
retrieving a sequence of digital watermarks comprising the first digital watermark, the second digital watermark, and a third digital watermark, the third digital watermark being different from the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
analyzing the sequence of digital watermarks to confirm that the digital identification document is issued by the central entity.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
analyzing the sequence of digital watermarks to confirm that a person holding the digital identification document is the person identified by the sequence of digital watermarks.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
detecting a first temporal pattern in which the first digital watermark is visually presented intermittently.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
decoding, from the first temporal pattern, information linking an entity who has generated the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked entity is the central entity.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
decoding, from the first temporal pattern, information linking a holder of the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked holder is the person presenting the digital identification document.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
detecting a second temporal pattern in which the second digital watermark is visually presented intermittently.

21. The mobile computing device of claim 20 , wherein the operations further comprise:
decoding, from the second temporal pattern, information linking an entity who has generated the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked entity is the central entity.

22. The mobile computing device of claim 20 , wherein the operations further comprise:
decoding, from the second temporal pattern, information linking a holder of the digital identification document; and
determining whether the linked holder is the person presenting the digita

Assignees

• Morphotrust Usa Llc

Inventors

• Martin Brian

Classifications

• H04N1/32299

  using more than one embedding method · CPC title

• H04N1/32304

  Embedding different sets of additional information · CPC title

• G06T1/0071

  using multiple or alternating watermarks · CPC title

• H04N1/32325 Primary

  the embedded data being visible · CPC title

• H04N1/32352

  Controlling detectability or arrangements to facilitate detection or retrieval of the embedded information, e.g. using markers (for decoding, detection or retrieval operations H04N1/32149 and subgroups take precedence) · CPC title