WO2002007150A2 - Watermarking technique for audio media - Google Patents
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- WO2002007150A2 WO2002007150A2 PCT/US2001/022094 US0122094W WO0207150A2 WO 2002007150 A2 WO2002007150 A2 WO 2002007150A2 US 0122094 W US0122094 W US 0122094W WO 0207150 A2 WO0207150 A2 WO 0207150A2
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- G10L19/00—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
- G10L19/018—Audio watermarking, i.e. embedding inaudible data in the audio signal
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- G10L19/00—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
- G10L19/02—Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis using spectral analysis, e.g. transform vocoders or subband vocoders
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- Embodiments of the present invention relate to the embedding of signature or watermark identification into digitally encoded audio data. More specifically, the present invention relates to embedding a unique digital identifier into the sub or super-audio frequency of digital audio data. As such, the present invention allows for an inaudible watermark to be embedded into any digital audio data.
- the present invention can protect any type of digitally encoded audio content, of both encrypted and non-encrypted forms.
- the system uses a novel and innovative process of adding a secure identification signature or watermark directly into the audio data content of any digital data file.
- the watermark may be embedded within a digital audio or video data file.
- a method of encoding an identifying signature or watermark into audio information is accomplished by mixing an inaudible, data-modulated analog signal onto an existing audio signal, such as apiece of music.
- the embedded signal is based on a frequency that is above or below the range of human hearing, thus being inaudible.
- This inaudible information can be digitally encoded onto a standard format audio compact disc (CD), and can be subsequently detected through use of a demodulating or decoding circuit on a standard computer peripheral reading device (e.g. CD-ROM).
- CD-ROM computer peripheral reading device
- Another embodiment makes use of a microprocessor or digital signal processor to create digitally mixed audio data, in digital form such as in audio CD format, with a result that is formed algorithmically from the combination of existing, unsecured digital audio data and the newly encoded watermark data that represents those same inaudible signals as described above.
- the resultant data file set exists in standard audio CD format, but contains watermark security. This digital image can subsequently be written to a standard audio CD.
- a unique serial number may be used to form the signature or watermark which is embedded into the digital audio data file.
- This could be a MAC code on a network card, a serial number in an EPROM, or a unique identification number on a CPU or other IC of any type.
- the unique identification embedded in each Pentium III® chip could serve as a PC specific identifier used to create the embedded signature or watermark.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a system which allows copies of proprietary data to be easily and uniquely traced to the original source through the use of the embedded identifying signature or watermark.
- Internet devices such as personal computers may access copyrighted content libraries. Any data provided to an Internet device, such as a PC or an MP3 type player, which may digitally reproduce said data, shall be provided in a format which includes the unique identifying signature or electronic watermark. As a result, any digital reproduction of said data may be readily identified and attributed to the uniquely identified Internet device which originally accessed said data. Therefore, the novel system facilitates secure access to copyrighted data from any Internet device via any means of access (modem, ethernet, RF, cellular, etc.).
- Figure 1 is a illustrates a waveform of one embodiment of a modulation method.
- Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a system capable of both creating and detecting watermark data.
- waveshape (1) depicts an on-off tone burst.
- the frequency of the tone is of a sub or super-audio frequency, for example, at or below 15 Hz or at or above 21 KHz.
- Waveform (2) is a digital signal that represents the periods of tone burst or no-burst as high and low voltages, respectively.
- the numbers shown (3) refer to the binary value of the modulation of information that is conveyed in the waveforms (1 and 2). Suffice it to say that modulation of a tone can be accomplished by using electronic devices to effectively encode digital information, such as a signature or watermark, into a sub- or super-audio frequency waveform.
- This waveform can be mixed with another audio signal in a standard way, through a summing amplifier or other mixing means.
- this tone burst modulation technique involves the use of a digital signal synthesizer circuit.
- This circuit can directly synthesize a burst modulation waveform using a succession of digital words that define each point of the waveform.
- the information that describes the waveform is first constructed using digital data words, which can be subsequently converted to an analog voltage using a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC).
- DAC Digital to Analog Converter
- FIG. 2 there is depicted a schematic representation of a system capable of both creating and detecting watermark data.
- a typical high-fidelity audio signal (4) is fed into a mixer (6) along with a signal that is generated by a sub- or super-carrier modulator (5).
- the sub and super-audio frequency channels of the original high fidelity signal is cleared by stripping any existing data at said frequencies. For example, inaudible notes in a music file, such as a high flute or low bass note, are stripped from the original high fidelity signal to clear the channel for the encoded signature or watermark.
- the resultant signal from the mixer circuit (6) is fed into a signal amplifier (7) that is capable of changing gain (8) based upon a separate input.
- the amplified signal can then be converted into a digital signal through the use of an Analog to Digital Converter device (ADC) (9).
- ADC Analog to Digital Converter
- the digital data stream is synchronously fed into microcontroller (11) through the use of synchronization clock signal (10).
- the program memory (12) that directs the processing activities of microcontroller (11) can be written in such a way as to provide a means of processing the synchronous data coming from ADC (9) and assembling the watermarked data and outputting it in a standard audio CD data format (13). This formatted data can then be written onto an audio CD through the use of a CD burner device (14).
- the microcontroller is also able to output watermarked audio content data through use of a DAC (15) as analog audio data (16).
- the microcontroller When equipped with a network adapter (17), the microcontroller gains flexibility in encoding and decoding streams of audio content data as it is transmitted across a local or wide area network, or upon the Internet (18). It is possible to receive watermarked data for decoding or non- watermarked data for purposes of encoding. It is also possible to send watermarked data onto the network, and to specific or broadcast destinations. Any of these means described above can apply to audio data that contains multiple channels, such as left and right, front and back.
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