Digital Asset Information Embedding via Pixel Alteration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital assets struggle to efficiently embed information without compromising their aesthetic qualities, and conventional compression methods often result in data loss, limiting the storage and functionality of digital assets.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that alter pixel values in digital assets to embed information, compress the assets while preserving the embedded information, and transmit the altered assets for retrieval of the embedded data, all while maintaining the aesthetic integrity of the digital assets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If information is embedded by altering pixel values, then information storage capability is improved, but aesthetic quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively altering only specific pixel values in non-critical areas of the digital asset, such as background regions or areas with less visual importance. This allows information to be embedded in certain locations while preserving the aesthetic quality of prominent visual elements, thus resolving the contradiction between information storage and aesthetic preservation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs parameter changes by modifying pixel values within a limited range that is imperceptible to human vision. By making subtle adjustments to color values, brightness, or other pixel parameters, the system embeds information while maintaining the visual appearance of the digital asset, thereby achieving both information storage and aesthetic preservation
2Loss of energy
If compression is applied to reduce file size, then storage efficiency is improved, but embedded information is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by embedding information into the digital asset before the compression process is applied. By pre-embedding the information in a manner that is resilient to compression, the system ensures that the embedded data survives the compression process intact, thus achieving both storage efficiency through compression and preservation of embedded information
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs beforehand cushioning by using error correction codes or redundant encoding methods when embedding information. This protective measure compensates for the potential data loss that may occur during compression, ensuring that the embedded information can be accurately retrieved even after compression, thus resolving the contradiction between compression efficiency and information preservation
3Quantity of substance
If conventional embedding methods are used, then information can be stored, but file size increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining the information embedding process with the existing pixel data structure of the digital asset. Instead of adding separate data structures or metadata that would increase file size, the information is integrated directly into the pixel values, allowing information storage without increasing the overall file size, thus resolving the contradiction between information storage and file size maintenance
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method of embedding information within a digital asset is disclosed herein. The method can include receiving a digital asset from a computer network, wherein the digital asset comprises a plurality of pixel values, embedding information within the digital asset by altering the plurality of pixel values, compressing the digital asset with the embedded information, generating an altered digital asset based on the compressed digital asset with the embedded information, and transmitting the altered digital asset to a computing device configured to retrieve the embedded information from the altered digital asset.