Patent ID: 8243984
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for adding visually decodable watermarks to electronic images, comprising: capturing, at an image capture device, an image of a scene; converting, with a first computer, the image into an electronic image data file; associating the image with identifier data; determining, with a second computer, a plurality of indicia to represent the identifier data wherein each indicium of the plurality of indicia comprises an encoded datum that can be decoded upon visual inspection by a user; modifying, with the second computer, the electronic image data file to include the plurality of indicia in various locations according to a placement order such that each indicium of the plurality of indicia appears overlaid within a quadrant of the electronic image when the data file is decoded and displayed; and displaying, at a display device, the modified data file such that the user knowledgeable about the placement order of the plurality of indicia is able to visually decode the plurality of indicia to determine the identifier data.