Methods and apparatus to perform audio watermarking and watermark detection and extraction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11961527
APP PUB NO 20230162744A1
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18157681

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Methods and apparatus to perform audio watermarking and watermark detection and extraction are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to select frequency components to be used to represent a code, different sets of frequency components to represent respectively different information, respective ones of the frequency components in the sets of frequency components located in respective code bands, there being multiple code bands and spacing between adjacent code bands being equal to or less than the spacing between adjacent frequency components in the code bands. Disclosed example apparatus are also to synthesize the frequency components to be used to represent the code, combine the synthesized frequency components with an audio block of an audio signal, and output the audio signal and a video signal associated with the audio signal.

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THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US) LLC85 BROAD STREET NEW YORK NY 10004

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Ramaswamy, Arun Tampa, US 262 10305
Srinivasan, Venugopal Palm Harbor, US 207 5897
Topchy, Alexander Pavlovich New Port Richey, US 31 1087

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