Method and apparatus for embedding electronic watermark, and computer product
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasafumi Hamatake, Yoko Sugiura
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Abstract
In an apparatus for embedding an electronic watermark, a determining unit determines whether a specified area that is specified is present in image data. A text/non-text detecting unit detects a text area and a non-text area in the image. The specified area is at least one of the text area and the non-text area as an area. The embedding unit embeds an electronic watermark into the specified area.
Claims19
An apparatus for embedding an electronic watermark comprising:
- a determining unit configured to determine whether a specified area is present in an image;
- and
- an embedding unit configured to embed an electronic watermark into the specified area.
A method of embedding an electronic watermark comprising:
- determining whether a specified area is present in an image;
- and
- embedding an electronic watermark into the specified area.
A computer-readable recording medium configured to store a computer program for embedding an electronic watermark, the computer program making a computer execute:
- determining whether a specified area is present in an image;
- and
- embedding an electronic watermark into the specified area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.