Digital data is rapidly embedded in color/grayscale digital data by switching between a set of multi-level screens or quantizers. Each screen can be tuned to maximize the quality of the digital data product on the intended display medium, so that the quality of the displayed product does not suffer.
Digital data is rapidly embedded in color/grayscale digital data by switching between a set of multi-level screens or quantizers. Each screen can be tuned to maximize the quality of the digital data product on the intended display medium, so that the quality of the displayed product does not suffer. The data embedding method/algorithm of the invention generally involves generating a set of multi-level screens, each of which is generated by selecting a set of colors that comprise the colors that can be output by that multi-level screen; screening the input digital medium with the generated multi-level screens using a dither matrix and a set of level matrices; and selecting, for each of select number of pixel locations in the input digital medium, one of the level matrices, based on a message symbol to be embedded at that pixel location, to create an output.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method for embedding data in an input digital medium, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a set of multi-level screens, each multi-level screen being generated by selecting a set of colors that comprise the colors that can be output by that multi-level screen, such that
What is claimed is: 1. A method for embedding data in an input digital medium, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a set of multi-level screens, each multi-level screen being generated by selecting a set of colors that comprise the colors that can be output by that multi-level screen, such that, for a single color, cm color levels are selected to form an ordered set such that cmm+1; (b) screening the input digital medium with the generated multi-level screens using a dither matrix and a set of level matrices; and (c) selecting, for each of select number of pixel locations in the input digital medium, one of the level matrices, based on a message symbol to be embedded at that pixel location, to create an output, thereby embedding data in the input digital medium. 2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the generating of each multi-level screen in the set comprises determining an output color corresponding to an input color c at a given pixel location in the input digital medium by: finding an index r such that cr≦c≦cr+1; and performing one of the following steps: outputting c0, if c≦c0; outputting cM-1, if c≧cM-1; or computing t=(c-cr)/(cr+1-cr), if c0m-1, and determining if tu mod P, v mod Q, and outputting cr, if tu mod P, v mod Q, or outputting cr+1, if t≧du mod P, v mod Q wherein M represents the number of levels of that multi-level screen, D=[dij] denotes the dither matrix and P��Q defines its size, and (u,v) identifies a location in the input digital medium. 3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein, for each selected pixel location in the input digital medium, the level matrix used to create the corresponding output is selected independently or as a function of the neighboring input and output colors. 4. An apparatus for embedding data in an input digital medium, the apparatus comprising: generating unit that generates a set of multi-level screens, each multi-level screen being generated by selecting a set of colors that comprise the colors that can be output by that multi-level screen, such that, for a single color, cm color levels are selected to form an ordered set such that cmm+1; screening unit that screens the input digital medium with the generated multi-level screens using a dither matrix and a set of level matrices; and selecting unit that selects, for each of select number of pixel locations in the input digital medium, one of the level matrices, based on a message symbol to be embedded at that pixel location, to create an output, thereby embedding data in the input digital medium. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus comprises a computer, printer, or photocopier. 6. A machine-readable medium having a program of instructions for directing a machine to embed data in an input digital medium, the program of instructions comprising: generating a set of multi-level screens, each multi-level screen being generated by selecting a set of colors that comprise the colors that can be output by that multi-level screen, such that, for a single color, cm color levels are selected to form an ordered set such that cmm-1; screening the input digital medium with the generated multi-level screens using a dither matrix and a set of level matrices; and selecting, for each of select number of pixel locations in the input digital medium, one of the level matrices, based on a message symbol to be embedded at that pixel location, to create an output, thereby embedding data in the input digital medium.
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