Description
This book presents covert, semi-covert and overt ways for communication over printed media by modifying images, texts or barcodes inside the document. Basic and advanced ways are discussed aimed to modulate information into images, texts and barcodes.
Conveying information over printed media will also be helpful for content authentication, creator copyright, information and piracy product deterrent, side information for marketing, among other applications.
Practical issues are discussed and experiments are provided to judge competitive approaches for hard-copy communication.
This book is an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners and graduate students within the field of hard-copy communication by providing the basics, basic and advanced ways as examples of approaches to deal with the hard-copy media distortions and particularities.