These references are starting points for the protocol direction. They cover video watermarking, screen-camera communication, optical tags, audio fingerprinting, visual fiducials, signatures, and acoustic data transmission.
Papers
- Kevin Alex Zhang, Lei Xu, Alfredo Cuesta-Infante, and Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Robust Invisible Video Watermarking with Attention. Introduces RivaGAN, an attention-based robust video watermarking system.
- Tianxing Li, Chuankai An, Andrew T. Campbell, and Xia Zhou, HiLight: Hiding Bits in Pixel Translucency Changes. Demonstrates unobtrusive screen-camera communication on commodity devices.
- Karan Ahuja, Sujeath Pareddy, Robert Xiao, Mayank Goel, and Chris Harrison, LightAnchors. Uses everyday lights for spatial anchoring and data transmission.
- Ankit Mohan, Grace Woo, Shinsaku Hiura, Quinn Smithwick, and Ramesh Raskar, Bokode. Explores tiny optical tags readable at distance.
- Avery Li-Chun Wang, An Industrial-Strength Audio Search Algorithm. Describes the Shazam fingerprinting approach for robust audio identification.
- Eric Olson, AprilTag: A Robust and Flexible Visual Fiducial System. A reference point for robust visual marker detection.
- Daniel J. Bernstein, Niels Duif, Tanja Lange, Peter Schwabe, and Bo-Yin Yang, High-speed high-security signatures. The Ed25519 foundation used by the signed payload layer.
- Ugo Fiore, Aniello Castiglione, Alfredo De Santis, and Francesco Palmieri, Acoustic Data Transmission to Collaborating Smartphones. Studies acoustic transmission to commodity smartphones.
Standards and implementation references
- DENSO WAVE, QR Code standardization and ISO/IEC 18004.
- ISO/IEC 18004, QR Code bar code symbology specification sample.
- Silicon Labs, Bluetooth advertising data basics.
- NFC Forum, NFC specifications.
How to use this page
Use these links to calibrate claims. LSS sits near screen-camera communication, visible-light communication, acoustic transmission, compact signatures, and action-oriented resolver design.