Disclosed herein are methods and systems for encoding digital watermarks into content signals. Also disclosed are systems and methods for detecting and / or verifying digital watermarks in content signals.According to one embodiment, a
system for encoding of digital
watermark information includes: a window identifier for identifying a sample window in the
signal; an interval
calculator for determining a quantization interval of the sample window; and a sampler for normalizing the sample window to provide normalized samples.According to another embodiment, a
system for pre-analyzing a
digital signal for encoding at least one digital
watermark using a
digital filter is disclosed.According to another embodiment, a method for pre-analyzing a
digital signal for encoding digital watermarks comprises: (1) providing a
digital signal; (2) providing a
digital filter to be applied to the digital
signal; and (3) identifying an area of the digital
signal that will be affected by the
digital filter based on at least one measurable difference between the digital signal and a counterpart of the digital signal selected from the group consisting of the digital signal as transmitted, the digital signal as stored in a medium, and the digital signal as played backed.According to another embodiment, a method for encoding a
watermark in a content signal includes the steps of (1) splitting a watermark bit
stream; and (2) encoding at least half of the watermark bit
stream in the content signal using inverted instances of the watermark bit
stream.Other methods and systems for encoding / decoding digital watermarks are also disclosed.