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Digital Cage Watermarking using Human Visual System and Discrete Cosine Transform

인지 시각시스템 및 이산코사인변환을 이용한 디지털 이미지 워터마킹

  • 변성철 (광주과학기술원 기전공학과) ;
  • 김종남 (한국방송공사 기술연구소) ;
  • 안병하 (광주과학기술원 기전공학과)
  • Published : 2003.02.01
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Abstract

In this Paper. we Propose a digital watermarking scheme for digital images based on a perceptual model, the frequency masking, texture making, and luminance masking Properties of the human visual system(HVS), which have been developed in the context of image compression. We embed two types of watermark, one is pseudo random(PN) sequences, the other is a logo image. To embed the watermarks, original images are decomposed into $8\times8$ blocks, and the discrete cosine transform(DCT) is carried out for each block. Watermarks are casted in the low frequency components of DCT coefficients. The perceptual model adjusts adaptively scaling factors embedding watermarks according to the local image properties. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme presents better results than that of non-perceptual watermarking methods for image qualify without loss of robustness.

본 연구는 사람의 시각시스템(Human Visual System, HVS) 특성 및 이산코사인변환 (Discrete Cosine Transform, DCT)을 이용하여 디지털 이미지에 워터마킹(watermarking)하는 방법을 제시한다. 이미지 압축분야에서 연구되어온 사람의 시각 시스템 모델 중 Tong등의 텍스쳐 마스킹(texture mashing). 휘도 마스킹(luminance masking) 모델과 JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group)의 양자화 매트릭스(quantization matrix)를 이용한 주파수 마스킹(frequency masking) 기법을 결합하여 워터마크를 삽입한다. 제안한 인지 시각시스템을 이용한 워터마킹 알고리즘은 워터마크를 삽입할 블록이미지의 특성에 따라서 워터마크의 삽입강도를 적응적으로 조절한다. 두가지 형태의 워터마크(의사난수 또는 로고이미지)를 DCT 영역에서 각각 삽입한다. 이를 위하여 이미지를 $8\times8$블록단위로 분할하고 이산코사인 변환을 수행한 후, 변환계수의 저주파 영역에 워터마킹한다. 다양한 실험을 통하여 제안한 방법이 기존의 워터마킹 방법과 비교하여 놀은 화질을 유지하면서 압축과 잡음 등에 견고함을 보인다.

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