Patent ID: 8768714
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring detectability of a watermark message produced by a watermarking encoder, the method comprising: receiving a watermarked signal in which the watermark message is embedded; separating the watermarked signal into spectral channels by: separating the spectral channels into frequency bins; for each of the spectral channels, identifying a frequency bin corresponding to the synchronization symbol of the watermark message; establishing a timing of the synchronization symbol based on an aggregate of the frequency bins corresponding to the synchronization symbol identified for the spectral channels to obtain a message clock; adding delays to the message clock to establish timing for symbols in the watermark message other than the synchronization symbol; for each of the symbols in the watermark message other than the synchronization symbol, at a timing corresponding to the timing for each symbol, for each of the spectral channels: combining the bin numbers stored in the hold registers to obtain a decoded message for each spectral channel; for each of the spectral channels, comparing the decoded message to a reference message to obtain a symbol number of the watermark message for each correct symbol in the decoded message; attempting to assemble a complete watermark message in a predetermined period of time by combining symbol numbers of the watermark message from the spectral channels; and establishing the detectability measure of the watermark message embedded in the watermarked signal based on whether the complete watermark message is assembled in the predetermined period of time.