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Digital Image Watermarking Schemes Based on GCST and SVD

GCST-SVD 기반 디지털 영상 워터마킹 방법

  • Received : 2013.04.02
  • Accepted : 2013.08.01
  • Published : 2013.07.30
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Abstract

In this paper, Gabor cosine and sine transform considered as human visual filter is applied to watermarking methods for digital images. Four algorithms by using singular values or principal components of SVD in the frequency domain are proposed for watermark embedding and extraction. Two dimensional image is used as an embedded watermark. To measure the similarity between the embedded watermark image and the extracted one, a normalized correlation value is computed for the comparison of the four proposed methods with various attacks. Extracted watermark images are also provided for visual inspection. The proposed GCST-SVD method which embeds a watermark image into the lowest vertical or horizontal ac frequency band can provide useful watermarking algorithm with high correlation values and visual watermark features from experimental results for various attacks.

본 논문에서는 인간시각필터로 고려되는 Gabor 코사인과 사인 함수를 이용한 변환을 디지털 영상의 워터마킹 방법에 적용하였다. 변환된 주파수 영역에서 SVD의 특이값 또는 주성분을 이용한 4가지 워터마크 삽입과 추출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 삽입한 워터마크는 2차원 영상이고, 삽입한 워터마크와 추출한 워터마크 사이의 유사성을 측정하기 위하여 시각적인 판단뿐만 아니라 정규화된 상관값을 계산하였으며, 제안한 4가지 방법의 성능을 다양한 공격에 대해서 비교하였다. 가장 낮은 수평 또는 수직 교류 주파수 성분에 워터마크를 삽입하는 GCST-SVD 방법이 여러 공격에 대한 실험 결과로부터 높은 상관값과 시각적인 워터마크 특징을 잘 나타내므로 좋은 워터마킹 방법으로 사용할 수 있음을 볼 수 있다.

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