• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.475-485
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• 2008

One of main issues in watermarking is to resolve the strength of watermark for solving the problem of trade-off between fidelity and robustness of watermarking. In the previous research, the strength of watermark has been resolved fixed value generally without considering local image characteristics such as image brightness, contrast, and edge. This paper proposes a new model to predict the strength of watermark considering local image characteristics such as image brightness, contrast, and edge for digital wavelet transform(DWT)-based image watermarking. For the study, psychological experiment was fulfilled to measure the human image perception and regression analysis showed the proposed model was statistically significant at the level of ${\alpha}\;=\;0.01$. Also the model is practically validated on fidelity and robustness of watermarking.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.262-266
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 공간적 암호화 기법을 적용하여 컬러 영상의 LSB에 워터마크를 은닉하는 효과적인 기법을 제안하였다. 영상의 LSB에 은닉된 워터마크를 추출하여도 워터마크가 다양한 공간적 암호화 기법을 사용하여 암호화 되어 있기 때문에 추출된 워터마크의 정보를 해독 할 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제안된 공간적 암호화 기법을 사용하여 LSB에 워터마크를 은닉하면 기존의 LSB에 워터마크를 삽입하는 기법에 비하여 보안성이 크게 향상된다. 제안된 기법을 적용하여 워터마킹을 수행하면, 워터마크가 은닉된 영상의 화질이 매우 우수하여 원본 영상과 구별이 불가능하며 워터마크가 은닉된 영상으로부터 기밀 데이터인 워터마크를 손실 없이 추출 할 수 있다. 제안된 기법의 성능을 수학적으로 분석하고 제안된 기법의 우수성을 실험을 통하여 확인하였다. 512×512 크기를 갖는 Lenna, airplane, Tiffany, pepper 영상에 제안 기법을 적용하여 워터마크를 은닉한 경우, 워터마크가 은닉된 영상의 PSNR 값은 각각 53.91dB, 54.10dB, 54.09dB, 54.13dB 이었다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국멀티미디어학회 2001년도 추계학술발표논문집
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• pp.869-872
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• 2001

This paper proposes on the implementation of efficient image transmission system by generation and protection of watermark signals. For this, the image structure understanding is performed for improving the image quality and the generation of watermark signals. Then, the histogram is constructed and the watermark signals are selected from this. At this stage, by embedding of the coefficients of curve fittness into the lower 4 its of the image data pixels, image quality degradation due to the embedding of watermark signals are prevented. Finally, turbo encoding is performed to solve the problem of watermark signal losses that may occur on channels when transmitting. Especially, a new interleaving method called semi-random interleaver is proposed.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2018

This paper proposes a quick response (QR) barcode watermarking algorithm in order to improve readability of the QR barcode in a JPEG image. The proposed algorithm embeds a watermark in a wavelet based-low frequency band for watermark robustness, and visually extracts a QR barcode after embedding the QR barcode image with confidential information into the original image via imperceptible watermarking technology. The visually extracted QR barcode watermark uses an approach to authenticate the ownership more easily through a common hardware and software-based mobile barcode reader app. Therefore, the QR barcode watermark may improve the ability to easily detect watermarks efficiently as well as imperceptibility and robustness, which is the main watermark requirement by embedding the QR barcode with watermark text information in a digital image and when compare to conventional watermarks.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(4)
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• pp.81-84
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• 2001

In this paper, we proposed a digital watermarking for color still image using the characteristics of human visual system and the achromatic block information. We use a binary watermark signal and insert watermark signal in the chromatic component region of YCrCb color space. In order to extract the watermark signal, we extracted the watermark signal by presuming that modified pattern of chromatic saturation without using original an image. Experimental results show that the proposed watermarking method has a good performance to embed watermark signal and extract one.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.601-615
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• 2015

Region of interest (ROI) is the most informative part of a medical image and mostly has been used as a major part of watermark. Various shapes ROIs selection have been reported in region-based watermarking techniques. In region-based watermarking schemes an image region of non-interest (RONI) is the second important part of the image and is used mostly for watermark encapsulation. In online healthcare systems the ROI wrong selection by missing some important portions of the image to be part of ROI can create problem at the destination. This paper discusses the complete medical image availability in original at destination using the whole image as a watermark for authentication, tamper localization and lossless recovery (WITALLOR). The WITALLOR watermarking scheme ensures the complete image security without of ROI selection at the source point as compared to the other region-based watermarking techniques. The complete image is compressed using the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) lossless compression technique to get the watermark in reduced number of bits. Bits reduction occurs to a number that can be completely encapsulated into image. The watermark is randomly encapsulated at the least significant bits (LSBs) of the image without caring of the ROI and RONI to keep the image perceptual degradation negligible. After communication, the watermark is retrieved, decompressed and used for authentication of the whole image, tamper detection, localization and lossless recovery. WITALLOR scheme is capable of any number of tampers detection and recovery at any part of the image. The complete authentic image gives the opportunity to conduct an image based analysis of medical problem without restriction to a fixed ROI.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.6317-6321
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• 2014

멀티미디어 자료들은 인터넷을 통해 빠르고 쉽게 전송된다. 이것은 멀티미디어 보안 및 저작권 보호에 있어 넓은 관심을 불러일으킬 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 저작권 보호를 위해 이산 웨이블릿 변환 계수를 사용하여 이진 워터마크 이미지를 포함하는 이미지 워터마킹 기법을 제안한다. 원본 이미지를 웨이블릿 영역으로 변환하고 서브 대역으로 나눠진다. 변환된 영상은 이진워터마크 영상은 비트 시퀀스로 중잔 주파수 서브 밴드에 삽입된다. 원본 이미지는 워터마크 영상의 검출에 필요로 하지 않는다. 제안된 방법에서 워터마크 비트수는 적게 검출되지만 최대/최소값 보다 10dB의 PSNR이 더 생산되었다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.863-867
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 컬러 영상의 LSB에 워터마크를 은닉하기 위하여 영상의 인접 픽셀들과 공간적 암호화 기법을 사용하여 보안성이 높은 컬러 영상 워터마킹 기법을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서 제안된 기법에 따라 컬러 영상의 LSB에 워터마크를 은닉하여 생성된 스테고 이미지의 화질은 원본 영상과 차이를 인지할 수 없을 정도로 매우 우수하고, 스테고 이미지로부터 원본 워터마크를 손실 없이 추출할 수 있다. 제안 기법을 사용하여 영상에 워터마크를 은닉하면 스테고 이미지에 은닉되어있는 워터마크는 다중으로 암호화되어있기 때문에 워터마크의 보안성이 매우 우수하게 유지된다. 제안된 워터마킹 기법은 높은 보안이 요구되는 군사, 지적 재산권 보호 등의 응용에 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2003년도 학술대회논문집
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• pp.175-179
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• 2003

We propose a new watermarking scheme that can be used to embed multiple bits and also resilient to JPEG compression and geometrical transforms such as scaling, rotation, and cropping based on holographic watermark that allows multiple watermark recovery without original content(cover image).

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.242-245
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• 2019

In this paper, watermark embedding technique was proposed to securely conceal the watermark in color cover image by applying the spatial encryption technique. The embedded watermak can be extracted from stego-image without loss. The quality of the stego-image is very good. So it is not possible to visually distinguish the difference between the original cover image and the stego-image. The validity of the proposed technique was verified by mathematical analysis. The proposed watermark embedding technique can be used for intellectual property protection, military, and medical applications that require high security.