Scale-Space Feature Based Image Watermarking in Contourlet Domain

2009 ◽  
pp. 88-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leida Li ◽  
Baolong Guo ◽  
Jeng-Shyang Pan ◽  
Liu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Image Watermarking ◽  
Scale Space ◽  
Feature Based

A feature-based image watermarking scheme robust to local geometrical distortions

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 065401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-yang Wang ◽  
Li-min Hou ◽  
Hong-ying Yang
Keyword(s):  
Image Watermarking ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Watermarking Scheme

scholarly journals Screen-Cam Robust Image Watermarking with Feature-Based Synchronization

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7494
Author(s):  
Weitong Chen ◽  
Na Ren ◽  
Changqing Zhu ◽  
Qifei Zhou ◽  
Tapio Seppänen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Watermarking ◽  
Gaussian Function ◽  
Geometric Distortion ◽  
Low Pass ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Robust Image ◽  
Watermarking Scheme ◽  
Watermark Synchronization ◽  
Desynchronization Attacks ◽  
Traditional Image

The screen-cam process, which is taking pictures of the content displayed on a screen with mobile phones or cameras, is one of the main ways that image information is leaked. However, traditional image watermarking methods are not resilient to screen-cam processes with severe distortion. In this paper, a screen-cam robust watermarking scheme with a feature-based synchronization method is proposed. First, the distortions caused by the screen-cam process are investigated. These distortions can be summarized into the five categories of linear distortion, gamma tweaking, geometric distortion, noise attack, and low-pass filtering attack. Then, a local square feature region (LSFR) construction method based on a Gaussian function, modified Harris–Laplace detector, and speeded-up robust feature (SURF) orientation descriptor is developed for watermark synchronization. Next, the message is repeatedly embedded in each selected LSFR by an improved embedding algorithm, which employs a non-rotating embedding method and a preprocessing method, to modulate the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) coefficients. In the process of watermark detection, we fully utilize the captured information and extract the message based on a local statistical feature. Finally, the experimental results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the method against common attacks and screen-cam attacks. Compared to the previous schemes, our scheme has not only good robustness against screen-cam attack, but is also effective against screen-cam with additional common desynchronization attacks.

A Novel Hybrid Discrete Cosine Transform Speeded Up Robust Feature-Based Secure Medical Image Watermarking Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2588-2599
Author(s):  
Saqib Ali Nawaz ◽  
Jingbing Li ◽  
Uzair Aslam Bhatti ◽  
Anum Mehmood ◽  
Raza Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Cosine Transform ◽  
Digital Watermarking ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Image Watermarking ◽  
Image Feature ◽  
Feature Descriptor ◽  
Cosine Transform ◽  
Speeded Up Robust Features ◽  
Feature Based ◽  
Dct Coefficients

With the advancement of networks and multimedia, digital watermarking technology has received worldwide attention as an effective method of copyright protection. Improving the anti-geometric attack ability of digital watermarking algorithms using image feature-based algorithms have received extensive attention. This paper proposes a novel robust watermarking algorithm based on SURF-DCT perceptual hashing (Speeded Up Robust Features and Discrete Cosine Transform), namely blind watermarking. We design and implement a meaningful binary watermark embedding and extraction algorithm based on the SURF feature descriptor and discrete-cosine transform domain digital image watermarking algorithm. The algorithm firstly uses the affine transformation with a feature matrix and chaotic encryption technology to preprocess the watermark image, enhance the confidentiality of the watermark, and perform block and DCT coefficients extraction on the carrier image, and then uses the positive and negative quantization rules to modify the DCT coefficients. The embedding of the watermark is completed, and the blind extraction of the watermark realized. Correlation values are more than 90% in most of the attacks. It provides better results against different noise attacks and also better performance against rotation. Transparency and high computational efficiency, coupled with dual functions of copyright protection and content authentication, is the advantage of the proposed algorithm.

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