US 11,995,505 B1
Encoding fabrics to convey digital messages
Annalou Vincent, Tigard, OR (US); and Ajith M. Kamath, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/523,794.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/179,063, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/112,615, filed on Nov. 11, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10722 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 19/06103 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of creating an encoded fabric comprising:
generating or obtaining a stylized version of a digital watermark, in which the stylized version of the digital watermark comprises a plural-bit signal component and a reference signal component;
formatting the stylized version of the digital watermark to a digital loom format;
controlling a digital loom to weave a fabric to include redundant instances of the stylized version of the digital watermark, with each redundant instance of the stylized version of the digital watermark including both the plural-bit signal component and the reference signal component.