LOT-based adaptive image watermarking

Yuxin Liu; Bin Ni; Xiaojun Feng; Edward J. Delp III

doi:10.1117/12.527291

22 June 2004 LOT-based adaptive image watermarking

Yuxin Liu, Bin Ni, Xiaojun Feng, Edward J. Delp III

Proceedings Volume 5306, Security, Steganography, and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents VI; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.527291
Event: Electronic Imaging 2004, 2004, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A robust, invisible watermarking scheme is proposed for digital images, where the watermark is embedded using the block-based Lapped Orthogonal Transform (LOT). The embedding process follows a spread spectrum watermarking approach. In contrast to the use of transforms such as DCT, our LOT watermarking scheme allows larger watermark embedding energy while maintaining the same level of subjective invisibility. In particular, the use of LOT reduces block artifacts caused by the insertion of the watermark in a block-by-block manner, hence obtaining a better balance between invisibility and robustness. Moreover, we use a human visual system (HVS) model to adaptively adjust the energy of the watermark during embedding. In our HVS model, each block is categorized into one of four classes (texture, fine-texture, edge, and plain-area) by using a feature known as the Texture Masking Energy (TME). Blocks with edges are also classified according to the edge direction. The block classification is used to adjust the watermark embedding parameters for each block.

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Yuxin Liu, Bin Ni, Xiaojun Feng, and Edward J. Delp III "LOT-based adaptive image watermarking", Proc. SPIE 5306, Security, Steganography, and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents VI, (22 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.527291

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