US Patent 11042611 Digital watermarking of machine-learning models

In one embodiment, a method includes by a computing device, detecting a sensory input, identifying, using a machine-learning model, one or more attributes associated with the machine-learning model, wherein the attributes are identified based on the sensory input in accordance with the model's training, and presenting the attributes as output. The identifying may be performed at least in part by an inference engine that interacts with the model. The sensory input may include an input image received from a camera, and the model may identify the attributes based on an input object in the input image in accordance with the model's training. The model may include a convolutional neural network trained using training data that associates training sensory input with the attributes. The training sensory input may include a training image of a training object, and the input object may be classified in the same class as the training object.