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Using watermark visibility measurements to select an optimized pair of spot colors for use in a binary watermark
Alastair Reed
Vlado Kitanovski
Kristyn Falkenstern
Marius Pedersen
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.15.COLOR-197  Published Online :  January 2020
Abstract

Spot colors are widely used in the food packaging industry. We wish to add a watermark signal within a spot color that is readable by a Point Of Sale (POS) barcode scanner which typically has red illumination. Some spot colors such as blue, black and green reflect very little red light and are difficult to modulate with a watermark at low visibility to a human observer. The visibility measurements that have been made with the Digimarc watermark enables the selection of a complementary color to the base color which can be detected by a POS barcode scanner but is imperceptible at normal viewing distance.

Journal Title : Electronic Imaging
Publisher Name : Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151 USA
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Alastair Reed, Vlado Kitanovski, Kristyn Falkenstern, Marius Pedersen, "Using watermark visibility measurements to select an optimized pair of spot colors for use in a binary watermark"  in Proc. IS&T Int’l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Color Imaging XXV: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications,  2020,  pp 197-1 - 197-7,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.15.COLOR-197

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Using watermark visibility measurements to select an optimized pair of spot colors for use in a binary watermark
ReedAlastair
KitanovskiVlado
FalkensternKristyn
PedersenMarius
26012020
2020
15
197-1
197-7
2020
Spot colors are widely used in the food packaging industry. We wish to add a watermark signal within a spot color that is readable by a Point Of Sale (POS) barcode scanner which typically has red illumination. Some spot colors such as blue, black and green reflect very little red light and are difficult to modulate with a watermark at low visibility to a human observer. The visibility measurements that have been made with the Digimarc watermark enables the selection of a complementary color to the base color which can be detected by a POS barcode scanner but is imperceptible at normal viewing distance.
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