Patent Document ID: 7616777
Application ID: 11672354
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of embedding a steganographic component in imagery captured by an image sensor, wherein the image sensor comprises a first plurality of image detectors, with a first steganographic encoder associated with at least a first group of image detectors and a second steganographic encoder associated with at least a second group of image detectors, wherein the first steganographic encoder and the second steganographic encoder are co-located with the image sensor, said method comprising: embedding steganographic data in imagery captured by the first group of image detectors with the first steganographic encoder; gathering information associated with at least one of: i) image data captured by the first group of image detectors; ii) operation or characteristics of the first group of image detectors; or iii) the first steganographic encoder; passing or communicating gathered information to influence encoding of the second steganographic encoder; and embedding steganographic data in imagery captured by the second group of image detectors with the second steganographic encoder.