NDLI: Using Curvelet transform for watermarking based on amplitude modulation

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Author	Akbarzadeh Lari, Mohammad Reza Ghofrani, Sedigheh McLern, Des
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	In this paper, we propose a precise and robust watermarking scheme based on the technique called amplitude modulation. A watermark is embedded in a color image by modifying the pixel values in the blue channel. At the receiver, the watermark bits are retrieved using a prediction system, by a linear combination of nearby pixel values around the embedded pixels, and without having the original image. Because amplitude modulation is a spatial-domain watermarking method, it may not be robust enough, i.e., incapable of exact watermark retrieval. In order to enhance the bit retrieval, we apply a Gaussian mask to equalize the luminance intensity; we employ the pixel value replacing technique to enhance the prediction performance, and we use two additional bits as a geometrical reference. In addition, we demonstrate that choosing an improper location (like singularities) for watermarking will lead the prediction system to malfunction. In order to increase the robustness, we propose using the Curvelet transform to detect singularities such as lines and curves and to prevent the system from using these locations in an image for embedding the watermark bits. The experimental results indicate that our proposed method has a better performance in comparison with two other similar approaches, and in addition, it is robust against various geometrical and nongeometrical attacks as well as having a good imperceptibility.
Starting Page	687
Ending Page	697
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18631703
Journal	Signal, Image and Video Processing
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	18631711
Language	English
Publisher	Springer London
Publisher Date	2013-12-07
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Curvelet transform Amplitude modulation Digital image watermarking Copyright protection Signal, Image and Speech Processing Image Processing and Computer Vision Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics Multimedia Information Systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Signal Processing Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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