Digital Watermarking for Selectable Objects in Captured Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing media distribution systems fail to maintain selectable object functionality in captured images or videos, leading to a loss of supplementary content interaction and inefficient use of computing and networking resources.
Innovation Solution
Embed metadata in images using digital watermarks to indicate object locations, allowing selective access to supplementary content even after capture, storage, or sharing, without requiring separate metadata files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If metadata is stored in a separate file from media content, then media content can be captured and shared independently, but selectable object functionality and supplementary content access are lost in captured images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges metadata with the media content by embedding it directly into the image file using digital watermarking techniques. This integration ensures that when an image is captured or shared, the metadata about selectable objects and supplementary content remains embedded within the image itself, maintaining interactivity without requiring separate metadata files or additional devices.
2Productivity
If second screen applications are used to provide supplementary content, then supplementary content can be displayed simultaneously, but computing and networking resources are consumed and user experience is fragmented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the media content itself to provide supplementary information through embedded metadata that can be extracted and processed directly from the captured image. This eliminates the need for separate second screen applications, reducing computing and networking resource consumption while maintaining the ability to deliver supplementary content about selectable objects.
3Reliability
If digital watermarking is applied to embed metadata in images, then selectable object functionality is maintained in captured images, but image processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses digital watermarking techniques that embed metadata as subtle parameter changes within the image data itself. These changes are designed to be imperceptible to the human eye while containing encoded information about selectable objects. The watermarking process modifies image parameters (such as pixel values or frequency domain characteristics) to embed metadata that persists through capture and sharing operations.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described herein for obtaining an image, wherein the image includes a digital watermark that embeds metadata associated with at least one object in the image, and wherein the metadata comprises an indication of a location of the at least one object in the image. The embedded metadata may be extracted based on the digital watermark. Based on the extracted metadata, a portion of the image corresponding to the location of the at least one object in the image may be caused to be selectable to access supplemental information related to the at least one object.