Patent Document ID: 20070223779
Application ID: 11388231
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of determining a location for a watermark on an image, wherein the image comprises an array of pixels, and wherein each pixel has image information associated therewith, the method comprising: determining a size for the watermark, wherein the size has a pixel height and a pixel width; calculating a region brightness value for each of a plurality of regions of the image, wherein each of the plurality of regions has a pixel height and a pixel width equal to the pixel height and the pixel width of the watermark, wherein each of the plurality of regions comprises a plurality of pixels, and wherein the brightness value is representative of the image information associated with the plurality of pixels comprised by the region; selecting one of the plurality of regions as the location for the watermark, wherein the selection is based, at least in part, on the brightness value for the region.