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You could just stay and don't do illegal things but bye and good luck.
I do not see Rogers named. The response was also pertinent to his statement he knows for a fact it will happen this time around as well.We can't go by history either. Teksavvy had a history as well of doing things that it no longer does. So let's ignore the "they have a history of..." stuff.When a bold statement such as "fact" is said pertinent to recent events, it tell's me one has more information then the rest of us know.
You can save yourself a lot of grief and worry by changing to an ISP that doesn't log.
Nobody goes after Rogers. I suspect this has something to do with the rumour that Rogers requests $200 per IP to get a subscriber name.
The thing is, its only to cover COSTS, not to make the IP->subscriber prohibitive.Its really up to the courts what costs are assigned.. ISP will submit their actual costs, and it may be that an ISP has to 'eat' some of it. Rogers is extremely inefficient. We've seen this with 2011-703, where they go back and do things multiple times (running up costs of doing things). Its very possible that Rogers had to eat some of the costs of the IP->sub as they were already insanely high.
You think a company like bell will care more about your privacy? as a distributel customer I think TSI is the BEST choice if you care about privacy, honestly unless you find a mom and pop wisp I can't think of another company that won't sell you out quickly
I can tell you for a fact the big 3 would hand over your info if ordered by a court. I'm shocked how everyone seems to feel if they broke the law they should be shielded... Canadians are becoming far too entitled if they think it should be an isps duty to not follow the new rules on logs and not follow a court order should one be given. Get your heads out of the clouds... Tsi is asking the courts to give a ruling. If they say give it to them... Then they have to comply... The new copyright law isn't perfect but its the law now... Live with it... As no one did.much before they made the law.
I find it ridiculous how you assume people who are complaining are guilty. Everyone is entitled to the right of privacy. "Live with it". What nonsense is this.Even you admit the copyright law isn't perfect, why should we have to live with it? If no one is going to fight it then nothing is going to change.It's about the gross abuse of system on those copyright trolls part into intimidating customers into paying fees for something they dont have much proof off.Spare me your holier than thou attitude and go preach elsewhere.
the new rules on logs and not follow a court order should one be given. Get your heads out of the clouds...
I can tell you for a fact the big 3 would hand over your info
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Honestly no offence but i'm not reading that... please paragraph next time. That's a mess.All i read was the first line. Educate yourself on exactly what you said and how really silly it sounds. If you truly understand the internet and how it works your statement is out of left field."Don't do illegal things and you're fine" lol. You know my grandmother was accused once for downloading a ubisoft game. She's 92 and can barely play solitaire. That pesky women must have grabbed Assassins creed. I knew she wanted to be a ninja


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Two events this weekend benefit man's best friend – a rabies clinic, sponsored by the Glendale Ruritan Club, and an American Red Cross Canine First Aid & CPR workshop at Alpha Dog Club. The fifth annual Shelby Rocks "Cancer is a Drag" Womanless Pageant will benefit the American Cancer Society and a spaghetti luncheon on Sunday will benefit the Eastern Henrico Ruritan Club. Twin Hickory Library will also host a used book sale this weekend with proceeds benefiting The Friends of the Twin Hickory Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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My weekend with Leone and my children meant a trip of about 250 miles but there was an amazing part of my childhood unchanged and is now on the National Register. I'm still a little emotionally overwhelmed to post about it but promise I will and link to it at a later date. A huge part of growing up unchanged since 1893. Sorry, the post will have to wait for a week or so but just imagine if you had been brought back to a building where you were in constantly and find it entirely unchanged and is just as it was in 1893. A hint, grandad's ledgers are still where he put them, his tools are untouched and all the machinery still works. Now the tears are rolling, don't know why.
George, what a beautiful and humbling journey to make.
So much of who you've become is tied to those yesterdays snd the works of your people.
I bet you could've caught a faint sound of his footsteps still, if you'd listened hard.
I am so happy for you---incredibly happy----what a gift you've received from your Grandfather.
How many people ever get a chance to look into the past the way you did?!!!!!
Tears are good and your heart beats to the rythmn of the past that brought you to the present....
if that makes any sense!
The work we and our predecessors do stands in memory and perpetuity for many years, especially if it is quality work that was and is useful to the community where it was done and appreciated. Having a fond remembrance and a bit of pride in what was done is proof of value and accomplishment that should do no less than bring the emotions of a love of that part of the lives of those that achieved it. How wonderful to have the evidence of the work preserved and honored. Kudos to you and your family.


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Wow, great colour tones and a wonderful tree! Excellent work Matthew :)
Thank you Paula It has become on of my own favorites.
Great silhouette shot! I really like the heavy contrast
Stunning image.
Thank you Terri
The colorful sky gives this tree just the right added PoP.. Every barnch offers great texture.. Really nice Matthew..
Glad you like it. It turned out just as I wanted.
I like the detail in the tree – lots of small branches – it really makes this work stand out. Nicely done!


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Hi all ! I'm John from Montreal, and I've been working on a couple of Federal procurement data systems (FPDS) while aggregating historical datas for custom reports. I'm mainly 'retired' today but still have some clients (contractors) working with the government. So, I'm still on the internet lol That's all for now, Cheers :)
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Thanks Mike, & Kmurray. Mike, I think we will meet on other topics :)
@Jejax, around 12 years and a good 6 solely on FPDS (probably the reason why
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@Jejax, around 12 years and a good 6 solely on FPDS (probably the reason why
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Hi John welcome to the discussion. Ah good ole FPDS, howe long did you work
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A method is disclosed for printing an authenticatable image having an embedded image into a receiver having a discernible physical characteristic, such that the printed image can be used to authenticate the receiver includes scanning the receiver to produce information related to the discernible physical characteristic of the receiver, and providing a carrier which includes information related to the scanned receiver discernible physical characteristic. The method also includes combining the carrier with an input image to form the authenticatable image having the embedded image, and printing the authenticatable image having the embedded image onto the receiver.
1. A method for creating an authenticable image on a receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a first carrier formed from information related to a physical characteristic of the receiver;
(b) providing a second carrier that is randomly generated;
(c) combining the first and second carrier such that the first carrier cannot be derived without the second carrier for forming a combined carrier;
(d) combining the combined carrier with predetermined content for forming the authenticable image having the predetermined content; and
(e) including the authenticable image having the predetermined content on the receiver.
2. The method of
3. The method as in
4. The method of
i) transforming the carrier to a Frequency domain to form a transformed carrier;
ii) shaping a spectrum of the transformed carrier to cancel the anticipated MTF effect of the print process or to facilitate the human visual system; and
iii) inverse transforming the transformed carrier.
5. The method of
6. A method of authenticating a receiver having an authenticable image that includes predetermined content integrally combined with information related to the discernible physical characteristic of the receiver, and integrally combined with a second carrier generated from a random key, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) scanning the authenticatable image on the receiver to produce information related to the discrenible physical characteristic of the receiver;
(b) discerning the physical characteristics to form the first carrier;
(c) providing a second carrier generated from a random key;
(d) discerning a message using the first and second carriers in combination with the scanned authenticable image;
(e) providing the predetermined content; and
(f) determining the authenticiy of the receiver upon comparing the message with the predetermined content.
7. The method of
8. The method of
9. An authenticatable digital image, comprising:
a) an input image which will be visible to a viewer when the authenticatable image is visually viewed; and
b) embedded content integrally combined with the input image formed from a discernible physical characteristic related to the receiver into which the authenticatable image will be provided, and integrally combined with a second carrier that is randomly generated.
10. The method of
[0001] The invention relates generally to the field of image processing, and in particular to providing a secure document such as a passport, event ticket, currency, or a postal stamp, coupon or envelope.
[0002] In U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 09/613,989, a method is disclosed that enables the use of paper or textured media to be authenticated based upon an embedded signal derived from the physical textural attributes of the media. A carrier is formed by scanning a region or multiple regions of the media and is convolved with a message to form an authenticable signal. After scanning, the carrier is subdivided and rearranged in ways that prevents a person from �discovering� the carrier.
[0003] Although this method is satisfactory, it includes drawbacks. One such drawback is that it adversely affects the robustness of the data-embedding algorithm. When the receiver having the carrier is being verified as authentic, the carrier regions must be rescanned. Any scanning errors introduced, for example, in scanning angle, in scanning starting point, or in scanning scale are compounded proportionately to the number of subdivisions, mirrors or other manipulations applied to improve security. These errors affect the algorithms robustness or equivalently the data capacity of the algorithm.
[0004] Consequently, a need exists for a means to either completely overcome the errors introduced by the rescanning process or to minimize their effect while improving overall security of the processes.
[0005] The present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the problems set forth above. Briefly summarized, according to one aspect of the present invention, the invention resides in a method for creating an authentic image on a receiver, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first carrier formed from information related to a physical characteristic of the receiver; (b) providing a second carrier that is randomly generated; (c) combining the first and second carrier such that the first carrier cannot be derived without the second carrier for forming a combined carrier; (d) combining the combined carrier with predetermined content for forming the authentic image having the predetermined content; and (e) including the authentic image having the predetermined content on the receiver.
[0006] These and other aspects, objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood and appreciated from a review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and appended claims, and by reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0007]FIG. 1 illustrates a binary message image and an iconic message image as an edge map depicting a Kodak trademark;
[0008]FIG. 2 is a graph depicting the Fourier amplitude vs. the spatial frequency of an optimally designed carrier,
[0009]FIG. 3 illustrates a receiver containing a carrier scan region picture that has been embedded with information;
[0010]FIG. 4 illustrates a sequence of steps for converting a message into a format appropriate for embedding into an image;
[0011]FIG. 5 is a depicts a block diagram for the process of forming a secure carrier from a scan;
[0012]FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating convolving a message with two carriers to form a secure dispersed mesage;
[0013]FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating correlating the embedded image with the two carriers for extracting the message;
[0014]FIG. 8 depicts the process, in block diagram form, of decrypting the extracting message for discerning the message.
[0015] As used herein, authenticable means capable of verifying or capable or proving authenticity.
[0016] The invention utilizes aspects of data embedding. The science of data embedding is also referred to as data hiding, information hiding, watermarking and steganography. A preferred basic data embedding technique is disclosed in Honsinger, et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,044,156. A review of this technique and associated embellishments to the technique is briefly discussed hereinbelow. An original image is represented as the two-dimensional array, I(x,y), the embedded image, I′(x,y), and a carrier is defined as C(x,y). A message that is embedded, M(x,y), in its most general form, is an image. The message can represent an icon, for example, a trademark, or may represent the bits in a binary message. In the latter case the on and off states of the bits are represented as plus and minus ones, or positive and negative delta functions (spikes) which are placed in predefined and unique locations across the message image. Reffering to FIG. 1, an example of a binary message image 2 and an iconic message image 4 is shown. Examples of iconic data types are trademarks, corporate logos or other arbitrary images. Performance generally decreases as the message energy increases so edge maps of the icons are used. Examples of binary data types are 32 bit representations of URL's, and copyright ID codes, or authentication information.
[0017] With these definitions, the preferred embedding equation is:
I′(x,y)=α(M(x,y)*C(x,y))+I(x,y) (1)
[0018] where the symbol, *, represents circular convolution and α is an arbitrary constant chosen to make the embedded energy simultaneously invisible and robust to common processing. From Fourier theory, spatial convolution in the frequency domain is the same as adding phase while multiplying magnitudes. Therefore, the effects of combining the message with a carrier, such as by the described convolution technique, distributes the message energy in accordance with the phase of the carrier and to modulate the amplitude spectrum of the message with the amplitude spectrum of the carrier. If the message were a single delta function and the carrier of random phase and of uniform Fourier magnitude, the effect of convolving with the carrier would be to distribute the delta function over space. Similarly, the effect of convolving a message with a random phase carrier is to spatially disperse the message energy.
[0019] The preferred extraction process is to correlate with the same carrier used to embed the image:
I′(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y)=α(M(x,y)*C(x,y)){circle over (x)}C(x,y) +I(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y), (2)
[0020] where the symbol, {circle over (x)}, represents circular correlation. Correlation is similar to convolution in that Fourier magnitudes also multiply. In correlation, however, phase subtracts. Therefore, the phase of the carrier subtracts on correlation of the embedded image with the carrier leaving the message. Indeed, assuming that the carrier is designed to have uniform Fourier amplitude, then, and the process of correlation of the carrier on the embedded image Eq. 2, can be reduced to:
I′(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y)=αM(x,y)+noise (3)
[0021] That is, the process of correlation of the embedded image with the carrier reproduces the message image plus noise due to the cross correlation of the image with the carrier.
[0022] Tiling the dispersed message on the original image improves the robustness of the algorithm. For this invention, preferably, a single 256�256 dispersed message is tiled over the entire image. Upon extraction, each 256�256 region is aligned and summed to produce the final message. As disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Ser. No. 09/453,247 filed Dec. 2, 1999, for imaging applications with severe quality loss, such as small images printed using ink-jet printers on paper, a weighting factor that depends on the estimated signal to noise ratio can be calculated and applied to each extracted message element before summation.
[0023] The extracted message is denoted as M′(x,y), the equation for extracting the message (Eq. 2 and Eq. 3) can be rewritten as:
M′(x,y)=αM(x,y)*(C(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y))+noise (4)
[0024] The above equation suggests that the resolution of the extracted message is fundamentally limited by the autocorrelation function of the carrier, C(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y). Any broadening of C(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y) from a delta function will blur the extracted message when compared to the original message. Another way to view the effect of the carrier on the extracted message is to consider C(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y) as a point spread function, since convolution of the original message with C(x,y){circle over (x)}C(x,y) largely determines the extracted message.
[0025] The design of the carrier should consider both the visual detectability of the embedded signal and the expected signal quality at the extraction step. There is clearly a design tradeoff between achieving optimum extracted signal quality and embedded signal invisibility.
[0026] A carrier designed for optimal extracted signal quality will possess increasing amplitude with increasing spatial frequency. This may be derived from the well-known characteristic of typical images that the Fourier amplitude spectrum falls as the inverse of spatial frequency. At low spatial frequencies, where typical images have their highest energy and influence on the extracted image, the present invention carrier uses this result. In particular, the mean or DC frequency amplitude of our carrier is always zero. As spatial frequency is increased, the carrier amplitude envelope smoothly increases with increasing spatial frequency until about {fraction (1/16)} to ⅕ Nyquist.
[0027] For frequencies greater than this, the carrier envelope is derived from a Contrast Sensitivity Function (CSF). A graph representing a one-dimensional slice of the Fourier amplitude of such a carrier is depicted in FIG. 2. Use of the CSF in an image embedding application is described in greater detail in Daly, U.S. Pat. No. 5,905,819.
[0028] The CSF provides a measure of the sensitivity of the average observer to changes in contrast at a given spatial frequency. The reciprocal of the CSF can be used to prescribe the amount of amplitude needed for the embedded signal to be detectable by an average viewer. Many modem CSF models facilitate for observer viewing distance, background noise, receiver dot density, color component wavelength and other factors.
[0029] Use of these CSF parameters can be an advantage when optimizing an embedding algorithm for a specific application. One particularly useful way of sizing the embedding algorithm for a specific system is to define the quality of the embedded signal in terms of the viewing distance at which the embedded signal can be visually detected. Once this is defined, an optimized carrier can be immediately derived and tested.
[0030] For a binary message, the impact of this carrier envelope is to produce a very small sidelobe around each delta function. It may be argued that the sidelobes limit the bandwidth of the algorithm. However, it has been found that the destructive processes of compression, error diffusion, printing and scanning have a far greater influence on the bandwidth of the algorithm. In a binary message, these destructive processes are the limiting factor of the bit density and can be thought of as defining the minimum separation distance between the delta functions. So long as the sidelobes are confined within half of the minimum bit separation distance, sidelobe interference may be considered minimal.
[0031] Correcting for rotation, scaling and skew is a fundamental element of all robust data embedding techniques. In Honsinger, et.al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,835,639, Method for detecting rotation and magnification in images, a preferred method of correction of rotation and scale is provided. The correction technique relies on autocorrelation the embedded image. For example, upon autocorrelation of an embedded image that has not been rotated or scaled, one would expect to see correlation peaks spaced horizontally and vertically at intervals of 256 pixels and 256 lines. At the zero offset correlation point, there is a very high peak due to the image correlating with itself.
[0032] Now, if the embedded image is scaled, the peaks must scale proportionately. Similarly, if the embedded image is rotated, the peaks must rotate by the same amount. Therefore, the rotation and scale of an image can be deduced by locating the autocorrelation peaks. Detection of the actual rotation angle θ is limited to angles in the range (−45�, +45�]. However, the actual rotation angle will be a member of the set θactual=θcalculated�n90�, where n is an integer. Because of the possibility that the image has been flipped or rotated in increments of 90 degrees during the message extraction process, this ambiguity is not a fundamental limitation. It can be shown that this method can correct for a general affine transform since an affine transform preserves relative shapes. That is, a shape that is repeated twice will still appear twice, and the new shapes will still be identical providing a good autocorrelation for realistic applications of data embedding.
[0033] The effect of the autocorrelation properties of the original image can be significant. Without ancillary processing, high amplitude low frequency interference in the autocorrelation image can make the process of detecting peaks difficult. To minimize this problem, localized first order and second order moment normalization on the embedded image before the autocorrelation. This process consists of replacing each pixel in the image with a new pixel value, vnew:
[0034] where vold, is the original pixel value, mold, is the local mean of the image, σdesired is the desired standard deviation, which is generally set to the expected embedded signal standard deviation and σold is the local standard deviation. Because this operation is over a small area, typically over a (3�3) or (5�5) region, its effect in removing the high amplitude, low frequency coherent noise is quite substantial. For the limiting case when σold→0, vnew is equated to a value taken from a random noise generator having a standard deviation σdesired.
[0035] The next piece of ancillary processing performed is to shape the autocorrelation peaks. This is done during the FFT operation used in the autocorrelation processing. A function that increases linearly with spatial frequency in the Fourier magnitude domain is quite satisfactory. This function is consistent with a Wiener filter designed to maximize the semblance of the correlation peaks to delta functions under the assumption that the image Fourier amplitude spectrum exhibits an asymptotic �1/(spatial frequency)� falloff. Following these processing steps produces peaks that need little further processing.
[0036] Importantly, because autocorrelating the embedded image requires no extra calibration signal, it does not tax the information capacity of the embedding system. In addition, this technique can be applied to any embedding technique with redundant embedded signals and may implemented on a local level to confront low order geometric warps.
[0037] The ability to recover from cropping is an essential component of a data embedding algorithm. As disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Ser. No. 09/453,160 filed Dec. 2, 1999, if one were to extract from an arbitrarily located 256�256 region of an embedded image, the extracted message would probably appear to be circularly shifted due to the unlikely chance that the extraction occurred along the original message boundary.
[0038] Indeed, if the origin of the 256�256 extracted region was a distance, (Δx,Δy), from its nearest �original� origin, then the extracted message, M′(x,y) can be written as:
M′(x,y)=M(x,y)*δ(x−Δx,y−Δy) (6)
[0039] where it has been assumed that the convolution is circular, that the carrier autocorrelated to a delta function and that the image contributes no noise.
[0040] On the surface, this circular shift ambiguity is a severe limitation on data capacity because it imposes the constraint that the message structure must be invariant to cyclic shifts. However, the present invention provides a way around this by placing the bits in the message in a special manner. First, there is required the use of a �message template,� that is, a prescription of where to place the bits in a message image. The message template is derived by placing positive delta functions on a blank 256�256 image such that each delta function is located a minimum distance away from all others and such that the autocorrelation of the message template yields as close as possible, a delta function. That is, the bits are placed such that the message template autocorrelation sidelobes are of minimal amplitude.
[0041] Now, correlation of the extracted region with a zero mean carrier guarantees that the extracted circularly shifted message M′(x,y) is also zero mean. If the message template is called, T(x,y), then the absolute value of the the extracted template must be practically equivalent to a circularly shifted message template. That is,
|M′(x,y)|=T(x,y)*δ(x−Δx,y−Δy) (7)
[0042] This implies, due to the autocorrelation property of the message template, that the shift from the origin of the message can be derived by correlating |M′(x,y)| with T(x,y), since:
|M′(x,y)|{circle over (x)}T(x,y)=δ(x−Δx,y−Δy) (8)
[0043] Therefore, the result of the correlation will be a 256�256 image, whose highest peak will be located at the desired shift distance, (Δx,Δy). This peak location can be used to correctly orient the interpretation of the embedded bits.
[0044] There are many applications of this invention to media. A paycheck, a will, a product label, or any media that it is wished to prove that it is an original. For the sake of specificity, we shall choose an envelope with a stamp as a preferred embodiment. Here the media to be scanned to form a carrier is paper, however, it is understood that virtually any media will suffice as a receiver so long as it has a discernible physical characteristic which is subject to a reasonably high resolution scan for producing a carrier.
[0045] In accordance with the present invention, a self authenticating media using a public fiber carrier and an auxiliary private carrier will now be described in more detail. FIG. 3 shows a medium, such as a medium 10, in this case paper, containing a scan area 12, and a picture used to hide the secure embedded image 14. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the steps needed to form the message image needed to practice the invention using the technique outlined above. The message, shown in block 16, should contain information such as postage. If the message only contained postage, for example 33 cents, and if the maximum postage allowed for the size of the envelope was $2.56, then eight bits (28=256) of information would be needed to convey all postage amounts. However, performance is not substantially degraded when using 32 or 64 bits, when compared to 8 bits, providing a much greater number level of possibilities. Once the message has been expressed in its binary form, it is possible to encrypt, as shown in block 18, by using any desired encryption algorithm. One encryption technique is a public/private key technique. Using a public/private key technique enables only the message generator to know how to encrypt the message. The entity performing the validation or authentication can only decrypt the message with its own key. Public/private key encryption is well known to anyone conversant in encryption technologies. In the case of a postage stamp, a private key encryption system would suffice given that the post office would control both the encryption and decryption process. However, in the case of a currency, wherein a government authorizes many different vendors to build authenticating ATM (automated teller machines) a public/private scheme would make more sense. This is because by allowing the multiple vendors of the ATM machines the same key used to generate the message, the government would increase the chances that a vendor would use the key to generate counterfeit currency, After the encryption, the bits shown in block 20 are placed on a message template 22 according to known bit placement rule. As a preferred embodiment, assuming one takes the first bit and place it on the message template in the topmost and leftmost possible position. If the first bit is a 1, the value 1 is disposed in a first position. If the bit is a zero, the value a −1 in the first position. The next bit from 20 is placed in the next top most left most position available, using the same rules for polarity. This process continues in this fashion until all bits placed yielding the message image 24.
[0046] The message image needs to be convolved with the carrier derived from the fibrous character of the paper. The process of forming a carrier is depicted in FIG. 5. Scan area 12 is scanned at a high resolution in block 26. In a preferred embodiment, the area is scanned at 300 or 600 dpi. For concreteness, choose 600 dpi as a preferred scanning resolution. Once this image is obtained, it is transformed to the Fourier domain as shown in block 28. The objective of the shaping step as shown in block 30 is to provide a carrier that maintains the fibrous character of the scan, but also provides an efficient information carrying entity. This shaping process is described in detail in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/613,989. After the shaping, the image is inverse Fourier transformed in block 31 to form a shaped carrier. The shaped carrier is rearranged in block 34 as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/613,989. The rearrangement step is intended to provide an additional level of security. Specifically, because a counterfeiter might determine the region of the paper where the carrier is derived either by the users explicit use of fiducials or by trial and error, rearrangement of the data in the shaped carrier is a reasonable security measure. The shaped scanned carrier is divided into 16 equal area regions as also described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/613,989. Each of the subregions (64�64) is placed into a different place in the carrier image. It is important to make sure that there are no blank areas. To better appreciate this, an illustration is helpful. In this regard, imagine constructing a blank 256�256 image. Next, take a region from the equally divided area shaped scanned carrier. Place this in one of the equally divided areas in the blank image. There are 16 possible positions. Repeat the process with the next data from the shaped scanned carrier. There are now 15 possible positions to place this. The rearrangement step allows the carrier data to have 16! (16 factorial or 20,922,789,888,000) different renditions. Additionally each of the carriers can be randomly flipped or rotated (in 90 degree increments) to make the counterfeiting even more difficult. The prescription of the placement steps can be perform in accordance with a key known only to the authentication authorities.
[0047] A shortcoming of rearranging the carrier is that it adversely affects the robustness of the data-embedding algorithm because during the carrier formation stage at the authentication step, the regions must be rescanned, and any scanning errors introduced, say, in scanning angle, in scanning starting point, or in scanning scale are compounded proportionately to the number of subdivisions, flips or other manipulations. These errors affect the algorithms robustness or equivalently the data capacity of the algorithm.
[0048] Although the rearrangement step described above can produce a secure system, another even more secure algorithm can be used either independently or in combination with the above steps. In this regard, a second carrier is produced with a substantially flat or equivalently, uniform amplitude spectrum, which is also generated from a random key. One method for performing this is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,044,156 by Honsinger, et al. This can be convolved with a first carrier, which is scanned from the paper either directly or as described above. The result of this convolution is a third carrier. The third carrier is used to convolve with the message. Since second carrier can only be reproduced with the key, the third carrier cannot be reproduced without the key. This provides a system that depends on the media, as in the prior art, and an additional key that is completely independent of the media itself.
[0049] Convolution can be described in either the space domain or the frequency domain. In the frequency domain, convolution of two functions is the same as multiplying amplitude spectra and adding the phases. Correlation is identical to convolution in that magnitudes multiply; however, in correlation phase subtracts. Therefore, convolving an image with a uniform carrier preserves the magnitude structure of the image. Correlating with the same uniform carrier will subtract out the phase dispersion induced by the second carrier leaving us with a carrier substantially the same as in prior art. Since the key is known to no one but the generating authority and the receiving authority, a very secure system is available regardless if one subsections and permutes the fibrous region scanned from the media.
[0050] Accordingly, the output of the rearrangement step 34 of FIG. 5 is replaced in the present invention by the output of the process detailed in FIG. 6. FIG. 6. depicts the process of forming a secure dispersed message 60. A message image 24 is provided. In a postage application the message contents can be postage amount, zip codes, or hashes of the destination address. As described previously, the message can be encrypted, if desired. Next the carrier derived from the media 32 is convolved with the message image to form the first convolved image. Next, the secret key 56 is used to generate a second carrier 55, which is convolved with the first convolved image to form the secure dispersed message 60. Switching the order of convolution between carrier 28 and carrier 55 makes no difference to the final output because convolution simply adds phase and multiplies the Fourier magnitudes. It is understood that convolution can be performed as correlation in the Fourier Domain without comprise, as is well known in the art.
[0051] As mentioned above, the objective of the shaping step as shown in FIG. 5 block 30 is to provide a carrier that maintains the fibrous character of the scan, but also to provide an efficient information carrying entity. The shaping step shown in block 30 of FIG. 5 will now be described in greater detail. The shaping of the amplitude spectrum (derived from the FFT data) is performed with respect to the human visual system and sharpness loss due to the printing process. The human visual system's role was described during the discussion of FIG. 2 above. Recall that except for near the DC frequency, a Fourier amplitude spectrum is created that is proportional the inverse CSF. A carrier derived in this manner can be improved on further by realizing that when printing an image on a receiver, the modulation transfer function (MTF) of the printer can be backed out before printing. (A function that expresses the ability of an optical or electronic device to transfer signals faithfully as a function of the spatial of the signal is commonly known as a modulation transfer function (MTF). The MTF is the ratio of the percentage modulation of a sinusoidal signal leaving to that entering the device over the range of frequencies of interest.)
[0052] Therefore except for the very low frequencies around DC, the Fourier amplitude should be proportional to:
MTF printer −1(u,v)CSF viewing conditions −1(u,v) (9)
[0053] (u,v represent spatial frequencies of the two dimensional FFT)
[0054] It is important to note that the input data to the FFT is real. The input spatial imaginary component is comprised entirely of zeros. However, in the Fourier domain, there will be an imaginary component. After shaping we'd like to make sure that the inverse FFT provides a zero valued imaginary component. This ensures that energy defined in the FFT domain was not wasted. The concepts involved with ensuring that the inverse FFT is real is detailed in Honsinger, et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,044,156.
[0055] Now, it is well known to those in the practice of image processing that the phase contains the important information in an image, maintaining this information for this application is of paramount importance. The phase information of the Fourier transform contains the bulk of fibrous structure information. Only the amplitude spectrum of the FFT data should be modified during this shaping process. The phase value at each Fourier frequency should always be maintained. Recall that Fourier phase is given by the equation:
θ(u,v)=tan−1(Imaginary(F(u,v))/Real(F(u,v))) (10)
[0056] Recall also that Fourier amplitude is given by the equation:
amplitude(u,v)={square root}{square root over (Imaginary(F(u,v))2+Real(F(u,v))2)} (11)
[0057] If one were to multiply both Imaginary(F(u,v)) and Real(F(u,v)) by α(u,v), the phase (see equation 10) is maintained and the amplitude spectrum (see equation 11) is modified. Therefore, the modification of the Fourier amplitude spectrum can be performed by multiplying the real and the imaginary components of the Fourier transform by the scalar that gives us the desired amplitude. If,
[0058] Then, the shaping step is simply performed by multiplying each component of the real and imaginary Fourier coefficients by α(u,v), that is:
Imaginary(F new(u,v))=α(u,v)Imaginary(F(u,v)) (13)
Real(F new(u,v))=α(u,v)Real(F(u,v)) (14)
[0059] When it comes time to extract the message, a user may or may not have the scanned carrier available. If the carrier is not known beforehand, then it becomes necessary to rescan it from the paper. In this case, assume that the location of the carrier (that is, the location of the fibrous region) is known in advance. The carrier is obtained by repeating the steps of FIG. 5 with the exception of the rearrangement step 34. That is, the process of FIG. 5 is terminated at step 32, which yields the shaped carrier.
[0060]FIG. 7 depicts the decoding of the embedded image. The secure embedded image 14 is scanned to form the scanned secure embedded image 40. If a secure carrier has not been provided, the steps of FIG. 5 must be performed on the scan area 12 to form the shaped carrier 32. The shaped carrier 32 is correlated with the scanned secure embedded image 40. Following this, a key 56 is provided to form the second carrier 55. Optionally, the second carrier 55 may be stored instead of the key. The result of the correlation between the shaped carrier 32 and the scanned secure embedded image 40 is correlated with the second carrier 55. The result of the second correlation is the extracted message image 65. The extracted message can now be decoded using the art described above. As mentioned above, one needs to know where the bit values of the extracted message image 65 are located to properly interpret the message contents.
[0061] Referring now to FIG. 8., the result of finding the location of each bit on the extracted message image 65 and tabulating the bits in a predetermined way is the extracted encrypted message 70. The extracted encrypted message 70 is decrypted 72 using a private key. The result of this is the embedded message 74. The embedded message is interpreted 78 by comparing to a table stored in the computer or computerized device. The table delineates all of the known valid messages. If the embedded message is the same as a known valid entry, then the letter is declared authentic, if not, the letter is declared suspicious or invalid and is given special attention.
[0062] The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention.
[0063]2 binary message image
[0064]4 iconic message image
[0065]12 scan area
[0066]14 secure embedded image
[0067]16 message
[0068]18 encryption
[0069]20 bits from encryption
[0070]22 message template
[0071]24 message image
[0072]26 scanning
[0073]28 transforming
[0074]30 shaping
[0075]31 inverse transforming
[0076]32 media
[0077]34 rearrange
[0078]40 secure embedded image
[0079]55 second carrier
[0080]56 secret key
[0081]60 dispersed image
[0082]65 extracted message image
[0083]70 extracted encrypted message
[0084]72 decrypted
[0085]74 embedded image
[0086]78 message interpreter
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PCKTKNFE is an entertaining little stop motion short about what happens when video game characters escape the confines of their consoles. [more inside]
Plastic Soldiers Dancing to Pink Martini
Fred Flintstone has it made.
"Dinosaurs welcome us along our highways, and infiltrate the most private domains of our home..." [more inside]
"A multi-layered, kind of, visual extravaganza"
Points in Space is a lovely stop-motion timelapse piece done on the streets of Melbourne. [more inside]
7 Hungry Hippos were harmed during the making of the film.
In the official video for "Get By" by Delta Heavy, animator Ian Robertson found new ways to 'play' with some familiar games (scroll down for entertaining Production Notes). Robertson's previous works include the stop-motion "Lyrical Spread" and "A Beard Film" and the live-action "The Phone Box".
Stop-Motion Waveform
For his video "I Will Never Change", London-based musician Benga used 960 records to create a stop-motion waveform of the song. [more inside]
Go into the light(bulb)...
Luminaris from imaginative independent Argentine animator Juan Pablo Zaramella (show reel), a short film using pixilation (stop motion using live actors) to tell a light humorous story. via Colossal [more inside]
`The Old Man and the Sea` stop motion
Ein Stop-Motion-Film, inspiriert von Ernest Hemingway's Kurzgeschichte "the old man and the sea"
Rumble in the Toy Chest
The Duel - An amazing-stop motion Lego skirmish relying almost exclusively on practical effects.
Stop-Motion Dance
Wrecking Crew Orchestra (original Japanese site) are a young dance crew from Japan. Last week, they put on a light-synchronized performance in electroluminescent suits that has to be seen to be believed.
Milk Blood To Keep From Running Out
"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid."
Assembling the Millennium Falcon in Lego, using stop motion animated by 3d software took Francisco Prieto three years to complete, but the results are amazing.
There are three primary colors!
The band "OK Go" are using their signature blend of pleasant indie pop and quirky, home-grown videos to teach kids about primary colors in a new short for Sesame Street. - SLYT
The Bug Trainer
The best stop motion film ever? Or do you prefer The Night[mare] before Christmas?
Wladyslaw Starewicz' childhood passion for entomology led his career: he began producing short documentaries in Moscow around 1909-1910, beginning with a documentary about insects in Lithuania. In his spare time, he experimented with stop-action films using beetles, which he articulated by wiring the legs to the thorax with sealing wax! This, of course, led to his big breakthrough, released by the Van Kanjonkov Studio of Moscow: "The Battle of the Stag Beetles", the first puppet-animated film. [more inside]
Wladyslaw Starewicz' childhood passion for entomology led his career: he began producing short documentaries in Moscow around 1909-1910, beginning with a documentary about insects in Lithuania. In his spare time, he experimented with stop-action films using beetles, which he articulated by wiring the legs to the thorax with sealing wax! This, of course, led to his big breakthrough, released by the Van Kanjonkov Studio of Moscow: "The Battle of the Stag Beetles", the first puppet-animated film. [more inside]
SEED. "An egg and an apple build competing broadcast towers that vie for the attention of a transistor radio." [Via]
And then the robot overlords came and stomped on it all.
A paper-craft history of the world. [SLVimeo] [more inside]
Blackboard War
「こくせん ― 黒板戦争」(Blackboard War) is a homemade stop motion video created by some students (out of more than 2500 still photos) for their school's culture festival. There is also a sequel (made from more than 3000 photos this time).
A stop-motion road trip, in miniature.
Address is Approximate. "A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View."
How many words are 288,000 jelly beans worth?
Such a heavenly way to die
The book covers at Paris's famed Shakespeare and Company bookstore come to life in this stop-motion collaboration between director Spike Jonze and designer Olympia Le-Tan, Mourir Auprès De Toi (To Die By Your Side). [more inside]
Feel the warmth
A commercial. But a commercial featuring two of MetaFilter's favorite things: knitting and stop motion animation. Also, there's a cat. The making of.
La parenthèse urbaine
La parenthèse urbaine. A stop-motion journey around an abandoned Paris railway line (SLV)
Adventure's Best Friend
In September 1964, Jonny Quest began what was to be its only broadcast season on ABC with this rousing opening sequence (audio disabled). That sequence has now been recreated -- cut for cut, with the original music -- in high-definition stop-motion animation. [more inside]
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
"These giant monsters of the past are seen to breathe, to live again, to move and battle as they did at the dawn of life!" The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918), by Willis O'Brien. Previously.
Drugs Are Like That
Charley Bowers: the film genius no one's ever heard of
"Highbrow critics talk in ornate polysyllables about the ingenuity and art of the German filmmakers. If they condescended to witness the nonsensical genius of a Charley Bowers comedy they could drool dictionaries." Educational Pictures Press Book for THERE IT IS, January 23, 1928Charley Bowers is a genius of silent film and animation that never got the level of attention of his peers Buster Keaton or the Fleischer Brothers. You'll have to search hard to find him in film literature. But watching his work—as a bird lays a Ford Model T or a scruffy ghost tortures a Scotsman and his insect sidekick—you can see the inspiration for the later sight gags of Ernie Kovacs, the visual non sequiturs of Looney Toons, the cut paper trickery of Terry Gilliam and surrealist Andre Breton citing one of Bowers' shorts as the most influential film of 1937. [more inside]
20 years and thousands of still frames
Terminator 2 - 20 Years. Sunday, July 3rd marks the 20th anniversary of the release of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" in theatres, so Rymdreglage (now known as "Ninja Moped") made a nifty stop-motion film in honor of the occasion. (Rymdreglage / Ninja Moped previously)
"The world is veiled in darkness."
Sephiroth the World's Enemy [SLYT] A Final Fantasy stop-motion video. Also: a behind the scenes look at the toys & animation, involved.
Evolution & Creation
Some early test shots from legendary filmmaker and animator Ray Harryhausen's unfinished film, Evolution. [more inside]
Robot Elephant!
(notes on) biology, a short stop-motion animation (5.39) by ornana films, features a robot elephant. You have to wait a bit, but it's worth it. Stuff gets good at about 2.25.
Prehistoric Beast
"Prehistoric Beast" (1984), a film by Phil Tippett [more inside]
Better than the Kevin Costner Version
Bottle, a lovely stop-motion film by animator Kirsten Lepore [NSFW], explores a long-distance relationship fueled by communication via not-so-instant message. [Kirsten Lepore previously, kinda]
Many people have described the popular freeform game Minecraft as "kind of like Lego", so a few enterprising stop-motion animators have decided to jump on that idea.
Stop Motion Live Transmission
Making Future Magic
iPad light painting - an ethereal stop-motion animation, using long exposures and a locationally-aware iPad [ photo stills | via ]
The 9-mm-tall Dot fights her way through her tiny, tiny world. [more inside]
He didn't fit in when he went to Sunday School.
Perfect Play
Stop-motion PAC-MAN is the 5th video performance of the GAME OVER Project from the French-Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond. This giant game was played by 111 human pixels who moved from seat to seat over the span of 4 hours. (Previously)
Paper shadows
Please enjoy one of collage artist Lewis Klahr's haptic, romantic meditations on materiality and mortality, False Aging, and a look at his process.
Evolution in Stop Motion
Big Bang, Big Boom, by Blu. A beautiful, extremely impressive stop motion depiction of evolution brought to life on walls, streets, beaches, and everything in between. (Previously, and other films Fantoche, and MUTO.) [more inside]
Near the Egress
Near the Egress. "Over 800 modern dryplate tintypes were made from b&w film to produce this experimental stop-motion video of a circus. Antonio Martinez created this video to serve as a desired childhood memory of the circus, but through the mind of an adult." [Via]
Self funded, no budget, infinite mind
Wonderful 16mm short films by Australian stop motion animator Gregory Godhard: Collide-a-scope(2009) - Lovesong (2007) - Museum of Dreams (2003) - A Room With Askew(2006) - And last but absolutely not least, Mind's Eye(1998) a terrific ride composed of "1200 photographs shot in sequence."
Stop-motion graffiti
Stop-motion graffiti, (Vimeo link) from Tant and Unga of Israeli crew Broken Fingaz (possibly NSFW). [more inside]
The Insects' Christmas
The Insects' Christmas is a short stop-motion animation from 1913. (SLYT)
Stop. Motion time.
Compare and Contrast: Dougal Wilson's video for Goldfrapp's "Happiness" vs. Norman McLaren's "Neighbours." (previously) [more inside]
Panique au Village
A Town Called Panic. (MLYT)
This Is Where We Live
This Is Where We Live is a stop motion short film by 4th Estate. Found at Bifurcated Rivets.


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Do we need a third runway for Hong Kong International Airport? Twenty years ago, a similar question was asked: do we need a new international airport?Thursday, 30 June, 2011, 12:00am
Hong Kong airport made a record profit of more than HK$4 billion last year following a strong rebound in passenger and cargo throughput, but expansion plans could make for a bumpy ride in the years ahead.30 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
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Recently, the Airport Authority announced that they had decided to build a third runway at Chek Lap Kok. This decision has attracted a lot of attention and controversy. I don't agree with the decision.29 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
Aviation is cleaner than alternatives
The airport is the lifeline of Hong Kong, its people and economy. The public are deciding what to do about the future of the airport, but many who do not want a third runway do not properly understand the capacity and constraint issues that are beginning to affect the city.24 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
The Airport Authority says that preliminary information about the potential environmental and health impact of its proposal for a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport will be made available when the proposed expansion gets the nod. Only then will a detailed environmental impact assessment on air pollution, noise and marine habitat be conducted.24 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
The discussion over the airport expansion is being played out with few facts and much emotive fervour: if we don't expand, Hong Kong will no longer have the great airport we have all become so used to. And that is, of course, a horrible idea, as I don't know any airport that is as efficient.18 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
A public consultation currently taking place regarding the future development of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) proposes two options - maintain the existing two-runway system or expand to three runways.18 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
... experience around the world shows that passengers simply do not like inter-airport transfer. And why should they when they can be served by a single magnificent airport like the one we have in Hong Kong?
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HKIA [Hong Kong International Airport] is not merely a piece of transport infrastructure that serves the local travelling public. It is an international aviation hub that generates enormous economic value for Hong Kong, including:
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The debate on a third runway for Hong Kong's airport is now in full swing - and so it should be. I believe the community decision - build a third runway or tinker around the edges of the status quo - is crucial to the sustainability of the Hong Kong economy and, therefore, to the long-term prosperity and well-being of Hong Kong people.9 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
Airports can be a bit like roads, in that the more capacity you build to meet demand the more traffic they will attract. Hong Kong's highly acclaimed airport is a case in point.5 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
According to the International Air Transport Association, Hong Kong International Airport handled 51 million passengers and over 4 million tonnes of cargo in 2010. Those numbers could rise to 62.2 million passengers and 5.3 million tonnes of cargo in 2014. Within a few years of that, the airport could start to hit its capacity limits.3 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
The public is being asked to make a choice: an airport with or without a third runway by 2030. But the government has said little so far on the social and environmental costs of the project.3 Jun 2011 - 12:00am
Public consultation on a controversial HK$80 billion third runway at Hong Kong International Airport is set to get under way next week.
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So here was the big question. Would they top the jaw-dropping HK$67 billion price tag for our pointless new railway across the border or would they be more modest with their first cost estimate for a new runway?31 May 2011 - 12:00am
Some sharp questions will be asked about the government's proposed HK$80 billion third runway at Chek Lap Kok airport when a consultation on the project begins on Thursday.31 May 2011 - 12:00am


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Updated: December 1, 2011, 5:51 PM ETBy Kipp Adams | DawgNation
ATHENS, Ga. -- Dalvin Tomlinson (McDonough, Ga./Henry County) is not trying to reinvent the wheel. But the 6-foot-2, 250-pound defensive lineman is using the tools he has picked up along the way to thrive at the next level. An accomplished artist, singer and trumpet and percussion player, track athlete, two-time state champion in wrestling, and holder of a 3.9 GPA (4.4 when his AP schedule is factored in), Tomlinson has had success through just about every avenue he has pursued. His achievements have led to more than 50 college football programs stopping by Henry County High to offer him a scholarship for football, including one from the prestigious Ivy League. "One day I was in weight training, and next thing I know the coach from Harvard offered me a scholarship," Tomlinson said. "I did not think I was academically good enough to get into Harvard, so I was surprised when they offered. I try to work so hard in the classroom, so I do not have to worry about academics and I can just focus on football." While he has benefited from track -- he said he ran the 200 meter dash in 24.2 seconds at 260 pounds another sport might have given the three-star prospect a true leg up on the competition.
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