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An adaptive digital watermark using the spatial masking

공간 마스킹을 이용한 적응적 디지털 워터 마크

  • 김현태 (동국대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 1999.09.01

Abstract

In this paper we propose a new watermarking technique for copyright protection of images. The proposed technique is based on a spatial masking method with a spatial scale parameter. In general it becomes more robust against various attacks but with some degradations on the image quality as the amplitude of the watermark increases. On the other hand it becomes perceptually more invisible but more vulnerable to various attacks as the amplitude of the watermark decreases. Thus it is quite complex to decide the compromise between the robustness of watermark and its visibility. We note that watermarking using the spread spectrum is not robust enought. That is there may be some areas in the image that are tolerable to strong watermark signals. However large smooth areas may not be strong enough. Thus in order to enhance the invisibility of watermarked image for those areas the spatial masking characteristics of the HVS(Human Visual System) should be exploited. That is for texture regions the magnitude of the watermark can be large whereas for those smooth regions the magnitude of the watermark can be small. As a result the proposed watermarking algorithm is intend to satisfy both the robustness of watermark and the quality of the image. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is robust to image deformations(such as compression adding noise image scaling clipping and collusion attack).

본 논문에서는 저작권 보호를 위한 워터마크 내장 방법으로 공간 스케일 변수를 사 용한 공간 마 스킹 방법을 제안한다. 일반적으로 워터마크 알고리즘에서영상에 삽입되는 워터마크의 크 기가 클수록 삽입된 워터마크는 여러 가지 변형에 강인하게 되지만 워터마크된 영상의 화질을 보장하기 어렵다. 반 대로 워터마크의 크기가 작게 되면 양질의 영상을 얻을수 있으나 삽입된 워터 마크의 강인 성을 보장할 수 없는 서로 상반되는 특성을 가지고 있다. 따라서 워터마크의 강인성과 영상의 화질 사이 의 타협점을 구하는 것은 매우 어렵다, 본 논문에서는 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위해 공간 마스킹을 사용하였다. 즉 대역 확산 기법으로 워터마크된 영상에 공간 마스킹을 하므로써 텍스쳐 영역과 같은 워 터마크가 인 간시각에 민감하지 않지만 압축 손실이 일어나는 복잡한 영역에서는 압축손실과 같은 일반 적인 영상 처 리에 강하도록 공간 마스킹으로 워터마크의 크기를 크게 하였으며 워터마크를 삽입하기 어 려운 즉 노이 즈에 민감하지만 압축 손실과 일반적인 영상 처리에 강한 평탄 영역에서는 워터 마크 삽입 으로 인한 화 질저하를 방지하기 위해 공간 마스킹으로 워터 마크의 크기를 작게 해 워터마크 삽입으로 인한 화질저 하를 방지하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제안한 워터마킹 기법은 워터마크된 영상이 공간 마 스킹에 의해 워터마크의 크기를 조절할 수 있어 영상의 질과 워터마크의 강인성 모두를 만족할수 있 다. 그리고 본 논문에서 제안한 워터마킹 방법이 손실 압축(JPEG)과 잡음 그리고 축소 및 확대 클리핑 (Clipping) 컬류 션(Collusion)등과 같은 신호처리에 강인함을 실험을 통해 입증하였다. In this paper we propose a new watermarking technique for copyright protection of images. The proposed technique is based on a spatial masking method with a spatial scale parameter. In general it becomes more robust against various attacks but with some degradations on the image quality as the amplitude of the watermark increases. On the other hand it becomes perceptually more invisible but more vulnerable to various attacks as the amplitude of the watermark decreases. Thus it is quite complex to decide the compromise between the robustness of watermark and its visibility. We note that watermarking using the spread spectrum is not robust enought. That is there may be some areas in the image that are tolerable to strong watermark signals. However large smooth areas may not be strong enough. Thus in order to enhance the invisibility of watermarked image for those areas the spatial masking characteristics of the HVS(Human Visual System) should be exploited. That is for texture regions the magnitude of the watermark can be large whereas for those smooth regions the magnitude of the watermark can be small. As a result the proposed watermarking algorithm is intend to satisfy both the robustness of watermark and the quality of the image. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is robust to image deformations(such as compression adding noise image scaling clipping and collusion attack).

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