Performance Comparison of Frequency-Based Watermarking Methods

주파수 기반 워터마킹 기법의 성능 비교

  • Published : 2001.09.25

Abstract

In this paper, performance of frequency-based watermarking methods is compared, which are used to protect copyright of image data. For performance comparison of each transform method, a test image is transformed into frequency domain by a full- and block-discrete cosine transforms and wavelet transform, and after general image processing, robustness of each transform is evaluated with using the same watermark signals. Simulation results show that the watermarking method based on DCTs are more robust than WT. Especially, $8{\times}8$ BDCT is most robust for JPEG lossy compression and sharpening, while $8{\times}8$ FDCT is best. for smoothing and scaling. In addition, watermarking based on BDCT shows decreasing robustness for a larger block size, compared with general image processing.

본 논문에서는 디지털 영상 데이터의 불법 복사에 대해 저작권 보호를 위한 주파수 영역 기반 디지털 워터마킹 방법에 대해 비교 평가한다. 웨이블릿 변환, 이산 여현 변환, 블록 기반 이산 여현 변환을 이용하여 영상을 각각의 주파수 영역으로 변환하고, 동일한 워터마크 신호에 대해 견고함을 측정한다. 실험 결과 동일한 워터마크 삽입시 전체적으로 이산 여현 변환 기반의 워터마킹 방법이 웨이블릿 변환 기반의 워터마킹 방법보다 더 견고함을 보였다. 특히, JPEG 손실압축과 샤프닝에서는 $8{\times}8$ 블록 기반 이산 여현 변환이, 저역필터링과 크기변화에서는 이산 여현 변환이 상대적으로 견고함을 보였다. 또한 블록 기반 이산 여현 변환 기반 방식에서 블록 크기가 커질수록 일반적인 영상처리에 대해 견고함이 떨어졌다.

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