Inventor

Tony F. Rodriguez

Inventor

Portland, OR, US

Overview

2000–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 259 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television13%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general13%

G06FElectric digital data processing11%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes8%

G06KGraphical data reading7%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding6%

H04MTelephonic communication6%

H04WWireless communication networks6%

G10LSpeech analysis techniques or speech synthesis5%

G07DHandling of coins or valuable papers, e.g. testing, sorting by denominations, counting, dispensing, changing or depositing3%

PatentTitleYear

11,102,201Robust encoding of machine readable information in host objects and biometrics, and associated decoding and authentication2021 11,068,679Methods and arrangements for identifying objects2021 11,062,418Digital watermarking and data hiding with narrow-band absorption materials2021 11,036,949Scanner with control logic for resolving package labeling conflicts2021 10,971,171Smartphone-based methods and systems2021 10,963,657Methods and arrangements for identifying objects2021 10,930,289Context-based smartphone sensor logic2021 10,922,957Methods and systems for content processing2021 10,902,539Learning systems and methods2021 10,885,336Object identification and device communication through image and audio signals2021 10,785,365Intuitive computing methods and systems2020 10,783,601Digital watermarking and signal encoding with activable compositions2020 10,686,963Encoding and decoding digital signals in conductive ink structures2020 10,666,784Intuitive computing methods and systems2020 10,657,636Methods and systems to ensure correct printing plate usage for encoded signals2020 10,658,007Smartphone-based methods and systems2020 10,594,689Robust encoding of machine readable information in host objects and biometrics, and associated decoding and authentication2020 10,565,415Scanner with control logic for resolving package labeling conflicts2020 10,565,669Serialized digital watermarking for variable data printing2020 10,552,933Image processing methods and arrangements useful in automated store shelf inspections2020 10,543,711Authenticating identification and security documents and other objects2020 10,515,429Image-based pose determination2019 10,510,349Context-based smartphone sensor logic2019 10,474,858Methods of identifying barcoded items by evaluating multiple identification hypotheses, based on data from sensors including inventory sensors and ceiling-mounted cameras2019 10,356,274Methods and arrangements relating to signal rich art2019 10,346,462Metadata management and generation using perceptual features2019 10,304,151Digital watermarking and data hiding with narrow-band absorption materials2019 10,282,470Distributed computing for portable computing devices2019 10,262,176Scanner with control logic for resolving package labeling2019 10,235,731Serialized digital watermarking for variable data printing2019 10,235,465Internet and database searching with handheld devices2019 10,219,736Methods and arrangements concerning dermatology2019 10,212,593Context-related arrangements2019 10,199,042Context-based smartphone sensor logic2019 10,191,996Rules driven pan ID metadata routing system and network2019 10,192,087Methods and arrangements for identifying objects2019 10,181,339Smartphone-based methods and systems2019 10,074,046Machine-readable food packaging film2018 9,990,565Methods for object recognition and related arrangements2018 9,986,282Content recognition and synchronization using local caching2018 9,965,756Methods and arrangements for smartphone payments2018 9,952,309Mobile device indoor navigation2018 9,955,215Media processing methods and arrangements2018 9,928,561'Serialized digital watermarking for variable data printing'2018 9,916,519'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2018 9,905,233'Methods and apparatus for facilitating ambient content recognition using digital watermarks, and related arrangements'2018 9,898,793'Methods and arrangements involving substrate marking'2018 9,883,396'Context-related arrangements'2018 9,842,163'Distributed computing for portable computing devices'2017 9,836,929Mobile devices and methods employing haptics2017 9,830,950Smartphone-based methods and systems2017 9,830,588Methods and arrangements for smartphone payments2017 9,792,661'Methods involving maps, imagery, video and steganography'2017 9,788,043'Content interaction methods and systems employing portable devices'2017 9,754,341'Digital watermarking and data hiding with narrow-band absorption materials'2017 9,740,373'Content sensitive connected content'2017 9,718,296'Authenticating identification and security documents and other objects'2017 9,648,373'Media processing methods and arrangements'2017 9,648,199'Geographic-based signal detection'2017 9,609,117'Methods and arrangements employing sensor-equipped smart phones'2017 9,607,350'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2017 9,609,107'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2017 9,600,754'Machine-readable glass'2017 9,595,059'Image-related methods and arrangements'2017 9,595,258'Context-based smartphone sensor logic'2017 9,565,503'Audio and location arrangements'2017 9,563,970'Methods and arrangements relating to signal rich art'2017 9,557,162'Sensor-based mobile search, related methods and systems'2017 9,554,199'Media processing methods and arrangements'2017 9,525,798'Image-related methods and systems'2016 9,524,584'Narrowcasting from public displays, and related methods'2016 9,504,420'Methods and arrangements for identifying dermatological diagnoses with clinically negligible probabilities'2016 9,509,882'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2016 9,497,341'Methods and systems for user-association of visual stimuli with corresponding responses'2016 9,479,914'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2016 9,460,560'Narrowcasting from public displays, and related methods'2016 9,462,341'Second screen methods and arrangements'2016 9,462,107'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2016 9,462,433'Context-related arrangements'2016 9,445,763'Physiologic audio fingerprinting'2016 9,451,406'Beacon methods and arrangements'2016 9,444,924'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2016 9,438,949'Media processing methods and arrangements'2016 9,424,618'Smartphone-based methods and systems'2016 9,420,328'Media processing methods and arrangements'2016 9,412,386'Orchestrated encoding and decoding'2016 9,412,387'Mobile device indoor navigation'2016 9,412,143'Active images through digital watermarking'2016 9,402,099'Arrangements employing content identification and/or distribution identification data'2016 9,396,510'Watermarking different areas of digital images with different intensities'2016 9,384,390'Sensing data from physical objects'2016 9,380,355'Second screens and widgets'2016 9,367,886'Smartphone arrangements responsive to musical artists and other content proprietors'2016 9,325,819'Distributed computing for portable computing devices'2016 9,325,878'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2016 9,311,687'Reducing watermark perceptibility and extending detection distortion tolerances'2016 9,292,895'Device, system and method for recognizing inputted data using memory having blackboard data structure'2016 9,292,894'Content recognition and synchronization using local caching'2016 9,282,357'Media processing methods and arrangements'2016 9,282,353'Video methods and arrangements'2016 9,282,216'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2016 9,269,022'Methods for object recognition and related arrangements'2016 9,271,133'Methods and systems for image or audio recognition processing'2016 9,270,807'Audio localization using audio signal encoding and recognition'2016 9,256,806'Methods and systems for determining image processing operations relevant to particular imagery'2016 9,240,021'Smartphone-based methods and systems'2016 9,234,744'Sensor-based mobile search, related methods and systems'2016 9,237,368'Media processing methods and arrangements'2016 9,225,822'Channelized audio watermarks'2015 9,223,893'Updating social graph data using physical objects identified from images captured by smartphone'2015 9,218,530'Smartphone-based methods and systems'2015 9,208,384'Methods and systems for content processing'2015 9,202,136'Methods for object recognition and related arrangements'2015 9,204,038'Mobile device and method for image frame processing using dedicated and programmable processors, applying different functions on a frame-by-frame basis'2015 9,202,254'Variable processing of both image and audio data based on processor utilization'2015 9,197,736'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2015 9,196,028'Context-based smartphone sensor logic'2015 9,183,580'Methods and systems for resource management on portable devices'2015 9,185,260'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2015 9,143,603'Methods and arrangements employing sensor-equipped smart phones'2015 9,131,035'Mobile devices and methods employing haptics'2015 9,118,771'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2015 9,094,719'Media processing methods and arrangements'2015 9,092,433'Layered abstraction systems and methods for persistent content identity'2015 9,087,376'Authenticating identification and security documents and other objects'2015 9,064,398'Mobile device indoor navigation'2015 9,060,113'Sensor-synchronized spectrally-structured-light imaging'2015 9,058,388'Internet and database searching with handheld devices'2015 9,043,845'Media processing methods and arrangements'2015 8,983,117'Document processing methods'2015 8,983,120'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2015 8,976,998'Methods involving maps, imagery, video and steganography'2015 8,977,293'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2015 8,953,908'Metadata management and generation using perceptual features'2015 8,923,550'Object processing employing movement'2014 8,924,412'Rules driven pan ID metadata routing system and network'2014 8,908,908'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2014 8,886,206'Methods and systems for content processing'2014 8,886,222'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2014 8,873,853'Methods and systems for content processing'2014 8,873,797'Reducing watermark perceptibility and extending detection distortion tolerances'2014 8,868,039'Context-related arrangements'2014 8,855,372'Methods and systems for content processing'2014 8,855,712'Mobile phone using dedicated and programmable processors for pipelined image processing, and method thereof'2014 8,849,259'Image processing architectures and methods'2014 8,842,875'Image related methods and systems'2014 8,842,876'Sensing data from physical objects'2014 8,831,279'Smartphone-based methods and systems'2014 8,819,172'Smartphone-based methods and systems'2014 8,818,017'Geographic-based signal detection'2014 8,805,110'Methods and systems for content processing'2014 8,798,534'Mobile devices and methods employing haptics'2014 8,768,313'Methods and systems for image or audio recognition processing'2014 8,762,852'Smartphone-based methods and systems'2014 8,755,837'Methods and systems for content processing'2014 8,750,556'Watermark systems and methods'2014 8,744,120'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2014 8,739,208'Media processing methods and arrangements'2014 8,737,986'Sensor-based mobile search, related methods and systems'2014 8,699,747'Image-related methods and systems'2014 8,694,049'Fast signal detection and distributed computing in portable computing devices'2014 8,657,193'Physical credentials and related methods'2014 8,660,581'Mobile device indoor navigation'2014 8,660,355'Methods and systems for determining image processing operations relevant to particular imagery'2014 8,620,021'Image-related methods and arrangements'2013 8,615,471'Methods and related toy and game applications using encoded information'2013 8,570,586'Active images through digital watermarking'2013 8,565,815'Methods and systems responsive to features sensed from imagery or other data'2013 8,565,473'Noise influenced watermarking methods and apparatus'2013 8,548,810'Orchestrated encoding and decoding multimedia content having plural digital watermarks'2013 8,538,064'Methods and devices employing content identifiers'2013 8,532,335'Watermarking different areas of digital images with different intensities'2013 8,528,036'Media processing methods and arrangements'2013 8,520,900'Methods and devices involving imagery and gestures'2013 8,521,217'Content sharing methods and systems'2013 8,515,120'Steganographic encoding and decoding'2013 8,516,533'Second screen methods and arrangements'2013 8,509,472'Digital watermarking methods, programs and apparatus'2013 8,498,627'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2013 8,489,115'Sensor-based mobile search, related methods and systems'2013 8,489,598'Methods and devices employing content identifiers'2013 8,490,128'Media processing methods and arrangements'2013 8,477,990'Reducing watermark perceptibility and extending detection distortion tolerances'2013 8,457,449'Wireless mobile phone methods'2013 8,457,346'Digital watermarking image signals on-chip'2013 8,447,067'Location-based arrangements employing mobile devices'2013 8,433,306'Second screens and widgets'2013 8,422,994'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2013 8,412,577'Narrowcasting from public displays, and related methods'2013 8,411,899'Document processing methods'2013 8,391,851'Gestural techniques with wireless mobile phone devices'2013 8,385,971'Methods and systems for content processing'2013 8,355,525'Parallel processing of digital watermarking operations'2013 8,332,478'Context sensitive connected content'2012 8,331,613'Watermarking different areas of digital images with different intensities'2012 8,230,337'Associating objects with corresponding behaviors'2012 8,224,018'Sensing data from physical objects'2012 8,215,553'Physical credentials and related methods'2012 8,194,919'Authenticating identification and security documents'2012 8,181,884'Machine-readable features for objects'2012 8,175,617'Sensor-based mobile search, related methods and systems'2012 8,160,304'Interactive systems and methods employing wireless mobile devices'2012 8,144,368'Automated methods for distinguishing copies from original printed objects'2012 8,126,203'Object processing employing movement'2012 8,122,465'Watermarking to set video usage permissions'2012 8,121,618'Intuitive computing methods and systems'2012 8,107,674'Synchronizing rendering of multimedia content'2012 8,108,484'Fingerprints and machine-readable codes combined with user characteristics to obtain content or information'2012 8,094,869'Fragile and emerging digital watermarks'2012 8,085,979'Methods employing stored preference data to identify video of interest to a consumer'2011 8,077,905'Capturing physical feature data'2011 8,068,636'Digital watermarking methods, programs and apparatus'2011 8,051,293'Data processing systems and methods'2011 8,050,450'Watermarking different areas of digital images with different intensities'2011 8,036,421'Methods employing topical subject criteria in video processing'2011 8,032,909'Watermarking and electronic program guides'2011 8,023,691'Methods involving maps, imagery, video and steganography'2011 8,009,893'Security document carrying machine readable pattern'2011 8,006,092'Digital watermarks for checking authenticity of printed objects'2011 7,991,190'Geographic-based detection keys'2011 7,957,553'Digital watermarking apparatus and methods'2011 7,949,148'Object processing employing movement'2011 7,949,147'Watermarking compressed data'2011 7,945,070'Geographic-based watermarking keys'2011 7,856,116'Authenticating identification and security documents'2010 7,792,325'Methods and devices employing content identifiers'2010 7,778,441'Methods employing topical subject criteria in video processing'2010 7,760,905'Wireless mobile phone with content processing'2010 7,697,716'Watermarking different areas of digital images with different intensities'2010 7,697,718'Methods employing topical subject criteria in video processing'2010 7,643,649'Integrating digital watermarks in multimedia content'2010 7,616,777'Digital watermarking methods, systems and apparatus'2009 7,555,139'Secure documents with hidden signals, and related methods and systems'2009 7,545,952'Image or video display devices'2009 7,537,170'Machine-readable security features for printed objects'2009 7,536,034'Gestural use of wireless mobile phone devices to signal to remote systems'2009 7,502,759'Digital watermarking methods and related toy and game applications'2009 7,502,937'Digital watermarking security systems'2009 7,450,734'Digital asset management, targeted searching and desktop searching using digital watermarks'2008 7,406,214'Methods and devices employing optical sensors and/or steganography'2008 7,370,190'Data processing systems and methods with enhanced bios functionality'2008 7,330,564'Digital watermarking apparatus and methods'2008 7,286,684'Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information'2007 7,263,202'Watermarking to control video recording'2007 7,261,612'Methods and systems for read-aloud books'2007 7,246,239'Digital watermarks for checking authenticity of printed objects'2007 7,174,031'Methods for using wireless phones having optical capabilities'2007 7,164,780'Digital watermarking apparatus and methods'2007 7,139,408'Transform domain watermarking of image signals'2006 7,136,502'Printing media and methods employing digital watermarking'2006 7,095,871'Digital asset management and linking media signals with related data using watermarks'2006 7,003,731'User control and activation of watermark enabled objects'2006 6,985,600'Printing media and methods employing digital watermarking'2006 6,975,746'Integrating digital watermarks in multimedia content'2005 6,763,122'Watermarking an image in color plane separations and detecting such watermarks'2004 6,681,028'Paper-based control of computer systems'2004 6,650,761'Watermarked business cards and methods'2003 6,611,607'Integrating digital watermarks in multimedia content'2003 6,118,923'Method and apparatus for deferred selective viewing of televised programs'2000

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2000–2021Based in Portland, OR, US· patent location history

2003–2021Patents assigned to DIGIMARC CORP (255)· patent assignee history

2011–2017Patents assigned to RODRIGUEZ TONY F (93)· patent assignee history

2011–2016Patents assigned to RHOADS GEOFFREY B (36)· patent assignee history

2011–2017Patents assigned to DAVIS BRUCE L (19)· patent assignee history

2012–2017Patents assigned to REED ALASTAIR M (9)· patent assignee history

2020Based in Portlan, OR, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
DIGIMARC CORP	255	2003–2021
RODRIGUEZ TONY Fself	93	2011–2017
RHOADS GEOFFREY B	36	2011–2016
DAVIS BRUCE L	19	2011–2017
REED ALASTAIR M	9	2012–2017

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Portland, OR, US	258	2000–2021
Portlan, OR, US	1	2020