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Original watermarking techniques were developed to provide graphic designers with proof of design ownership. The techniques for embedding information in a document or digital file have become increasingly advanced in recent years and future launches promise higher levels of sophistication.
Future applications:
This study reviews the most recent advances and examines current and future applications.
Get the latest on:
- Developments in smart card and passport technologies
- Digital watermarking and its application
- Regulatory and legislative changes that could affect the market
- Optical watermarking and machine readability
Contents include:
- General trends in the use of watermarking in anticounterfeiting applications
- Conventional watermarking
- Optical watermarking
- Digital watermarking
- Authentication
- Machine-readability
- Intellectual property
Key advances in product applications
- Driving licences
- ID cards
- Passports
- Smart cards
- Currency
- DVD
- Digital media
- Other printed materials