access icon free Wavelet transform modulus maxima-based robust logo watermarking

Digital image watermarking is used to protect the copyright of digital images. In this study, a novel blind logo image watermarking technique for RGB images is proposed. The proposed technique exploits the error correction capabilities of the human visual system. It embeds two different watermarks in the wavelet/multiwavelet domains. The two watermarks are embedded in different sub-bands, are orthogonal, and serve different purposes. One is a high capacity multi-bit watermark used to embed the logo, and the other is a 1-bit watermark which is used for the detection and reversal of geometrical attacks. The two watermarks are both embedded using a spread spectrum approach, based on a pseudo-random noise sequence and a unique secret key. Robustness against geometric attacks such as rotation, scaling, and translation (RST) is achieved by embedding the 1-bit watermark in the wavelet transform modulus maximacoefficients of the wavelet transform. The experimental results show that the proposed watermarking technique has better distortion parameter detection capabilities and compares favourably against existing techniques in terms of robustness against geometrical attacks such as RST.

Inspec keywords: copyright; wavelet transforms; random noise; watermarking; image coding; image watermarking

Other keywords: modulus maxima-based robust logo watermarking; 1-bit watermark; geometric attacks; geometrical attacks; digital images; human visual system; high capacity multibit watermark; different watermarks; RGB images; digital image watermarking; distortion parameter detection capabilities; error correction capabilities; different sub-bands; novel blind logo image watermarking technique

Subjects: Data security; Computer vision and image processing techniques; Integral transforms; Integral transforms; Image and video coding

http://iet.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1049/iet-ipr.2018.5868
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