• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.570-595
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• 2017

Robust and perceptually-adaptive image watermarking algorithms have mainly targeted gray-scale images either at the modeling or embedding levels despite the widespread availability of color images. Only few of the existing algorithms are specifically designed for color images where color correlation and perception are constructively exploited. In this paper, a new perceptual and high-capacity color image watermarking solution is proposed based on the extension of Tsui et al. algorithm. The $CIEL^*a^*b^*$ space and the spatio-chromatic Fourier transform (SCFT) are combined along with a perceptual model to hide watermarks in color images where the embedding process reconciles between the conflicting requirements of digital watermarking. The perceptual model, based on an emerging color image model, exploits the non-uniform just-noticeable color difference (NUJNCD) thresholds of the $CIEL^*a^*b^*$ space. Also, spread-spectrum techniques and semi-random low-density parity check codes (SR-LDPC) are used to boost the watermark robustness and capacity. Unlike, existing color-based models, the data hiding capacity of our scheme relies on a game-theoretic model where upper bounds for watermark embedding are derived. Finally, the proposed watermarking solution outperforms existing color-based watermarking schemes in terms of robustness to standard image/color attacks, hiding capacity and imperceptibility.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.116-121
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose a highly secure watermarking technique in which the watermark is multi-encrypted using the R, G, and B component pixels of color image, and then the multi-encrypted watermark is hidden in the LSB of the color image pixel. According to the technique proposed in this paper, the quality of the stego-image created by hiding the multi-encrypted watermark in the LSB of the color image is so excellent that the difference from the cover image cannot be recognized. Also, it is possible to extract the original watermark from the stego-image without loss. If the watermark is hidden in the image using the proposed technique, the security of the watermark is maintained very well because the watermark hidden in the stego-image is multi-encrypted. The proposed watermarking technique can be used in the applications such as military and intellectual property protection requiring high security.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2015

디지털 워터마킹은 복제되어 배포된 디지털 미디어의 저작권을 확인할 수 있는 전자적인 수단을 제공한다. 이미지에 관한 디지털 워터마킹 연구 분야에서는 그레이스케일 이미지에 대한 많은 연구 성과를 바탕으로 최근에는 실생활에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있는 컬러 이미지에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 컬러 이미지는 그레이스케일 이미지에 비하여 각각이 그레이스케일 이미지에 대응될 수 있는 다수의 채널을 가지고 있다. 단순하게 그레이스케일 이미지에 적용되던 기법을 컬러 이미지의 한 채널에 적용하는 연구들도 많은데, 이 채널들 간에는 상관관계가 존재한다는 특성이 고려되지 못하고 있다. 이 논문에서는 DCT 도메인 상에서 컬러 이미지의 두 채널을 비교하여 생성한 특징(이미지 의존 워터마크)을 스크램블링 처리된 저작권 워터마크와 결합하여 워터마크 키를 생성하는 기법을 제시한다. 이 방법은 이미지에 어떤 변경도 하지 않는 제로-워터마킹의 일종으로서, 생성된 키는 워터마크를 호스트 이미지에 삽입하는 워터마킹 기법과 달리 이미지 왜곡이 없다는 장점이 있으며, 샤프닝, 블러링, JPEG 손실 압축, 축소/확대, 잘라내기 등을 이용한 공격에도 강인함을 보여준다.

• 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.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.631-635
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• 2004

The rapid development of digital media and communication network urgently brings about the need of data certification technology to protect IPR (Intellectual property right). This paper proposed a new watermarking method for embedding contents owner's audio signal in order to protect color image IPR. Since this method evolves the existing static model and embeds audio signal of big data, it has the advantage of restoring signal transformed due to attacks. Three basic stages of watermarking include: 1) Encode analogue ID owner's audio signal using PCM and create new 3D audio watermark; 2) Interleave 3D audio watermark by linear bit expansion and 3) Transform Y signal of color image into wavelet and embed interleaved audio watermark in the low frequency band on the transform domain. The results demonstrated that the audio signal embedding in color image proposed in this paper enhanced robustness against lossy JPEG compression, standard image compression and image cropping and rotation which remove a part of image.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.183-188
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• 2013

멀티미디어 데이터의 저작권 주장을 위한 방법으로 사용되고 디지털 워터마킹 중에서 영상에 대한 워터마킹 기법이 많이 연구되어지고 있지만, 칼라영상에서의 워터마킹 연구가 미비하다. 본 논문에서는 효율적 영상 워터마킹을 위해서 칼라모델 중에서 HSI 채널에서의 워터마킹 적용을 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 가중치에 따른 비가시성을 확인할 수 있었고, 추출된 워터마크의 상관도에서 만족할 만한 결과를 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제6권7호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2006

디지털 워터마킹은 이미지, 사운드와 같은 멀티미디어 데이터에 지각할 수 없도록 비밀 정보를 삽입하는 기법이다 일반적으로 주파수 영역 워터마킹 기법에서는 원 이미지에 대해 주파수 변환을 하고, 그 변환 면에 부호화된 워터마크 데이터를 삽입한다. 본 논문에서 우리는 Fresnel 변환을 이용한 새로운 컬러 이미지 워터마킹 기법을 제안한다. 워터마크 이미지를 Fresnel 변환시켜 얻은 패턴의 값들을 컬러 이미지에 삽입한다. 본 워터마킹 모델은, 컬러 이미지에 대한 워터마크 삽입을 위해 원 이미지를 RGB 성분에서 YCrCb 성분으로 분해를 한 후 Y 성분에 워터마크 이미지의 Fresnel 변환된 패턴의 실수와 허수 값을 삽입하는 기법이다. 제안된 기법의 유효성을 검증하기 위한 워터마크 삽입 추출 실험 결과 유효성을 입증 할 PSNR 값을 나타냈으며, 또한 JPEG와 같은 손실 압축 공격에 대해 내성을 지니고 있음을 보였다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2015

When host images are watermarked with CRT (Chinese Remainder Theorem), the watermark images are still robust in spite of the damage of the host images by maintaining the remainders in an unchanged state within some range of the changes that are incurred by the attacks. This advantage can also be attained by "zero-watermarking," which does not change the host images in any way. This paper proposes an improved zero-watermarking scheme for color images on the DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) domain that is based on the CRT. In the scheme, RGB images are converted into YCbCr images, and one channel is used for the DCT transformation. A key is then computed from the DC and three low-frequency AC values of each DCT block using the CRT. The key finally becomes the watermark key after it is combined four times with a scrambled watermark image. When watermark images are extracted, each bit is determined by majority voting. This scheme shows that watermark images are robust against a number of common attacks such as sharpening, blurring, JPEG lossy compression, and cropping.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 제13회 신호처리 합동 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.701-704
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• 2000

In this paper, we focus on digital watermarking for color images. At first, in order to embed the watermark signal in color image, we converted RGB color space to YCbCr color space which is a world-wide digital component video standard. In addition, we adopted the acceptable degree of color difference in order to keep the invisibility.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.1488-1492
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• 2004

The digital signal has been replaced the analog signal in most of every field of multimedia including still image, animation, and audio due to the enormous extension of computer supply and the fast development of computer network. The consumers of information are able to enjoy the abundance of information because of one of the digital signal traits that very easy to regenerate the original data. Because of the trait, however, it is very hard for the producers of information to keep the copyright with the merit of original copy in quality excellency. In this paper, the watermarking technology which inserts a RGB color watermark in color image using the visual characteristics of wavelet coefficient was proposed. As a result, the PSNR value of image was varied depending on perceptual parameter, but we can obtain 32dB as a whole.