IP Library Granted Patent US 11,087,426
Granted Patent B2
US 11,087,426 · App. 15/961,115 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

System and method for digital watermarking

Inventors: Daniel Poder (Brookline, MA); Robert Andrew Eckel (Andover, MA)
Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
G06T1/0021G06F21/32G06F21/34G06F21/64G06T1/0071G06T2201/0051G06T2201/0052
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Patent No.
US 11,087,426
App. No.
15/961,115
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some implementations may provide a method that includes: receiving, at a mobile device, data encoding a first digital watermark present on the identification document; extracting a first portion of personally identifiable information encoded by a spatial luminance pattern associated with the first digital watermark; receiving, at a mobile device, data encoding a second digital watermark present on the identification document; extracting a second portion of personally identifiable information encoded by a spatial luminance pattern associated with the first digital watermark; and validating the identification document based on at least one of the first portion of personally identifiable information or the second portion of personally identifiable information.

Claims (44)

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

obtaining personally identifiable information;

encoding a first portion of the personally identifiable information into a spatial luminance pattern;

embedding the spatial luminance pattern that encodes the first portion of the personally identifiable information into a first digital watermark;

encoding a second portion of the personally identifiable information into a spatial chrominance distribution;

embedding the spatial chrominance distribution that encodes the second portion of the personally identifiable information into a second digital watermark; and

applying the first digital watermark to a first region of an identification document and the second digital watermark to a second region of the identification document, wherein the first region and the second region share a common overlap area while also occupying non-overlapping areas on the identification document.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining the first portion of the personally identifiable information and the second portion of the personally identifiable information such that the first portion and the second portion are configured to validate the identification document.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are configured to correlate to each other.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein a subpart of the first portion is configured to be compared to an integrity check of the second portion.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein a subpart of the second portion is configured to be compared to an integrity check of the first portion.

6. The method of claim 2 , comprising:

providing the identification document, with the first digital watermark to the first region of the identification document and the second digital watermark to the second region of the identification document, for display on a mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark only partially overlap on the identification document.

8. A system comprising: one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

obtaining personally identifiable information;

encoding a first portion of the personally identifiable information into a spatial luminance pattern;

embedding the spatial luminance pattern that encodes the first portion of the personally identifiable information into a first digital watermark;

encoding a second portion of the personally identifiable information into a spatial chrominance distribution;

embedding the spatial chrominance distribution that encodes the second portion of the personally identifiable information into a second digital watermark; and

applying the first digital watermark to a first region of an identification document and the second digital watermark to a second region of the identification document, wherein the first region and the second region share a common overlap area while also occupying non-overlapping areas on the identification document.

9. The system of claim 8 , the operations comprising:

determining the first portion of the personally identifiable information and the second portion of the personally identifiable information such that the first portion and the second portion are configured to validate the identification document.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are configured to correlate to each other.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein a subpart of the first portion is configured to be compared to an integrity check of the second portion.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein a subpart of the second portion is configured to be compared to an integrity check of the first portion.

13. The system of claim 9 , the operations comprising:

providing the identification document, with the first digital watermark to the first region of the identification document and the second digital watermark to the second region of the identification document, for display on a mobile device.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first digital watermark and the second digital watermark only partially overlap on the identification document.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

obtaining personally identifiable information;

encoding a first portion of the personally identifiable information into a spatial luminance pattern;

embedding the spatial luminance pattern that encodes the first portion of the personally identifiable information into a first digital watermark;

encoding a second portion of the personally identifiable information into a spatial chrominance distribution;

embedding the spatial chrominance distribution that encodes the second portion of the personally identifiable information into a second digital watermark; and

applying the first digital watermark to a first region of an identification document and the second digital watermark to a second region of the identification document, wherein the first region and the second region share a common overlap area while also occupying non-overlapping areas on the identification document.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations comprising:

determining the first portion of the personally identifiable information and the second portion of the personally identifiable information such that the first portion and the second portion are configured to validate the identification document.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are configured to correlate to each other.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein a subpart of the first portion is configured to be compared to an integrity check of the second portion.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein a subpart of the second portion is configured to be compared to an integrity check of the first portion.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , the operations comprising:

providing the identification document, with the first digital watermark to the first region of the identification document and the second digital watermark to the second region of the identification document, for display on a mobile device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2025
From: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC
To: IDEMIA CIVIL IDENTITY NA LLC
Reel/Frame 073792/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2022
From: MORPHOTRUST USA, LLC
To: IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC
Reel/Frame 062218/0605 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2019
From: PODER, DANIEL; ECKEL, ROBERT ANDREW
To: MORPHOTRUST USA, LLC
Reel/Frame 049349/0132 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14469893 · Aug 27, 2014
Provisional Application 61870405 · Aug 27, 2013
Related Publication 20180315152A1 · Nov 1, 2018