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A Study on Blind Watermarking Technique of Digital Image using 2-Dimensional Empirical Mode Decomposition in Wavelet Domain

웨이블릿 평면에서의 2D-EMD를 이용한 디지털 영상의 블라인드 워터마킹 기술에 관한 연구

  • 이영석 (청운대학교 디지털방송공학과) ;
  • 김종원 (상명대학교 저작권보호학과)
  • Received : 2009.12.15
  • Accepted : 2010.03.02
  • Published : 2010.04.30
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Abstract

In this paper a blind watermarking algorithm for digital image is presented. The proposed method operates in wavelet domain. The watermark is decomposed into 2D-IMFs using BEMD which is the 2-dimensional extension of 1 dimensional empirical mode decomposition. The CDMA based on SS technique is applied to watermark embedding and detection process. In the watermark embedding process, each IMF of watermark is embedded into middle frequency subimages in wavelet domain, so subimages just include partial information about embedded watermark. By characteristics of BEMD, when the partial information of watermark is synthesized, the original watermark is reconstructed. The experimental results show that the proposed watermarking algorithm is imperceptible and moreover is robust against JPEG compression, common image processing distortions.

본 연구에서는 디지털 영상의 블라인드 워터마킹 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 웨이블릿 평면에서 처리되는 변환 평면 워터마킹 알고리즘으로서 2차원 EMD을 이용하여 분해된 워터마크의 EMF 성분들이 웨이블릿 대역에 삽입되어, 각 웨이블릿 대역은 워터마크의 일부 정보만을 포함하고 있는 것을 특징으로 하고 있다. 워터마크의 추출은 각 웨이블릿 대역에서 추출한 워터마크의 일부 정보들을 2차원 EMD의 선형적인 특징에 의해 산술적 또는 논리적 연산을 통하여 회복할 수 있도록 하였다. 개발한 워터마킹 알고리즘은 비가시성, 강인성 등 워터마킹 알고리즘에서 요구되는 조건들에 대한 실험을 수행하여 성능을 비교 분석하였다.

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