Patent ID: 7058196
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus for adding information to image data, said apparatus comprising: first addition means for adding first identification information to a first color signal of the image data, wherein the first identification information is not easily recognizable by the human eye and relates to a copyright code; generating means for generating second identification information; and setting means for setting the second identification information in the image data containing the first identification information, wherein the second identification information is not easily recognizable by the human eye and is different in form from the first identification information, and said generating means comprises color conversion means for performing color conversion on the image data including the first identification information so that the first identification information in the color-converted image data is represented by a color-converted first color signal, and forming means for forming the second identification information by a second color signal different from the color-converted first color signal representing the first identification information in the color-converted image data.