UMID Watermarking for Managing Metadata in Content Production

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE J
Volume: 110, No. 7, pp. 429–435
Abstract: Watermarking is a technique for embedding data within images or audio and is best known in copyright protection. This paper explains how watermarking can be used to embed a unique material identifier (UMID) into every frame of video material to enable tracking throughout the production chain. As the UMID is embedded into the image itself it cannot be separated and then lost. It is embedded at the point of acquisition and enables linking of video material to its associated metadata for rights tracking, technical information, or added-value data services in digital broadcasting. In order to allow a change of UMID, the watermark may be removed or “washed” and a new UMID embedded with no significant generation loss.
Publication Date: 2001-07-01
DOI: 10.5594/J11582
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J11582
Author(s): J. PellySony Broadcast and Professional Europe, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4SB, U.K.
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Jason Pelly received a B.A. and an M.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Oxford in 1996 and 1997, respectively. In 1999 he joined Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe, in Basingstoke, U.K., and is currently a senior engineer, developing watermarking and digital rights management technologies. While working for Sony, Pelly has been involved with several data compression algorithms, including a studio profile for MPEG-4.
D. TapsonSony Broadcast and Professional Europe, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4SB, U.K.
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Daniel Tapson received an M.Phys. in mathematics and physics from the University of Warwick, U.K., in 1999. After graduating, he joined Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe, where he currently works as a R&D engineer. During his time at Sony, Tapson has worked on watermarking and other metadata-related projects.
J. StoneSony Broadcast and Professional Europe, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4SB, U.K.
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John Stone received a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Wits University, South Africa, in 1983, and an M.Sc. in communications and signal processing from Imperial College, London, in 1986. He has worked for Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe for the last 11 years. During this time Stone has worked closely in the development of algorithms and architectures for video compression and image processing. — Stone has also been involved with the hardware realization of these systems through VLSI technology. Since 1999 he has led a number of R&D activities including watermarking, video effects, and compression. He holds 28 patents.
S. KeatingSony Broadcast and Professional Europe, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4SB, U.K.
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Stephen Keating received a B.Eng. from the University of Sheffield, U.K., in 1984. He then joined Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe where he now works as principal engineer. During this time he has participated in many projects, including digital video effects, motion compensated standards conversion, electronic lens correction, data compression, and watermarking.
Copyright: © 2001 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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