In this paper, a new content-based image watermarking scheme is proposed. The Harris-Laplace detector is adopted to extract feature points, which can survive a variety of attacks. The local characteristic regions （L...In this paper, a new content-based image watermarking scheme is proposed. The Harris-Laplace detector is adopted to extract feature points, which can survive a variety of attacks. The local characteristic regions （LCRs） are adaptively constructed based on scale-space theory. Then, the LCRs are mapped to geometrically invariant space by using image normalization technique. Finally, several copies of the digital watermark are embedded into the nonoverlapped LCRs by quantizing the magnitude vectors of discrete Fourier transform （DFT） coefficients. By binding a watermark with LCR, resilience against desynchronization attacks can be readily obtained. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is invisible and robust against various attacks which includes common signals processing and desynchronization attacks.展开更多
A robust digital watermarking algorithm is proposed based on quaternion wavelet transform(QWT) and discrete cosine transform(DCT) for copyright protection of color images. The luminance component Y of a host color ima...A robust digital watermarking algorithm is proposed based on quaternion wavelet transform(QWT) and discrete cosine transform(DCT) for copyright protection of color images. The luminance component Y of a host color image in YIQ space is decomposed by QWT, and then the coefficients of four low-frequency subbands are transformed by DCT. An original binary watermark scrambled by Arnold map and iterated sine chaotic system is embedded into the mid-frequency DCT coefficients of the subbands. In order to improve the performance of the proposed algorithm against rotation attacks, a rotation detection scheme is implemented before watermark extracting. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed watermarking scheme shows strong robustness not only against common image processing attacks but also against arbitrary rotation attacks.展开更多
Steganalysis attack is to statistically estimate the embedded watermark in the watermarked multimedia,and the estimated watermark may be destroyed by the attacker.The existing methods of false negative probability,how...Steganalysis attack is to statistically estimate the embedded watermark in the watermarked multimedia,and the estimated watermark may be destroyed by the attacker.The existing methods of false negative probability,however,do not consider the influence of steganalysis attack.This paper proposed the game theory based false negative probability to estimate the impacts of steganalysis attack,as well as unintentional attack.Specifically,game theory was used to model the collision between the embedment and steganalysis attack,and derive the optimal building embedding/attacking strategy.Such optimal playing strategies devote to calculating the attacker destructed watermark,used for calculation of the game theory based false negative probability.The experimental results show that watermark detection reliability measured using our proposed method,in comparison,can better reflect the real scenario in which the embedded watermark undergoes unintentional attack and the attacker using steganalysis attack.This paper provides a foundation for investigating countermeasures of digital watermarking community against steganalysis attack.展开更多
In this paper,we propose wavelet-based denois-ing attack methods on imagewatermarking in discrete cosine transform(DCT)or discrete Fourier transform(DFT)domain ordiscrete wavelet transform(DWT)domain Wiener filtering ...In this paper,we propose wavelet-based denois-ing attack methods on imagewatermarking in discrete cosine transform(DCT)or discrete Fourier transform(DFT)domain ordiscrete wavelet transform(DWT)domain Wiener filtering based on wavelet transform is performed inapproximation subband to remove DCI or DFT domain watermark,and adaptive wavelet soft thresholdingis employed to remove the watermark resided in detail subbands of DWT domain.展开更多
A coordinate system of the original image is established using a facial feature point localization technique. After the original image transformed into a new image with the standard coordinate system, a redundant wate...A coordinate system of the original image is established using a facial feature point localization technique. After the original image transformed into a new image with the standard coordinate system, a redundant watermark is adaptively embedded in the discrete wavelet transform（DWT） domain based on the statistical characteristics of the wavelet coefficient block. The coordinate system of watermarked image is reestablished as a calibration system. Regardless of the host image rotated, scaled, or translated（RST）, all the geometric attacks are eliminated while the watermarked image is transformed into the standard coordinate system. The proposed watermark detection is a blind detection. Experimental results demonstrate the proposed scheme is robust against common and geometric image processing attacks, particularly its robustness against joint geometric attacks.展开更多
To improve the watermark benchmarks database,a new BRA(Block Replacement Attack)method is introduced in this paper.Unlike the typical BRA which exploits the self-similarity among blocks in image,the scheme utilizes th...To improve the watermark benchmarks database,a new BRA(Block Replacement Attack)method is introduced in this paper.Unlike the typical BRA which exploits the self-similarity among blocks in image,the scheme utilizes the self-similarity in various scale and orientation bands in the wavelet domain of the image.They search the replacement blocks from the blocks of the smaller sub-image at the next lower resolution.The most important advantage of this scheme is that the pyramid sub-band decomposition acts as an automatic block classifier,with the result of simplifying the block search and block matching procedures and thus making the block replacement more effective.Furthermore,an improved algorithm based on Fuzzy set theory is introduced in which the number of blocks chosen for combination are modified adaptively to obtain the candidate replacement blocks.It simplifies the procedure for searching the candidate replacement blocks.These advantages are confirmed by the experimental results,which show that the performance of the scheme is superior to typical BRA methods.展开更多
Firstly, the nonnegative matrix factorization with sparseness constraints on parts of the basis matrix (NMFSCPBM) method is proposed in this paper. Secondly, the encrypted watermark is embedded into the big coefficien...Firstly, the nonnegative matrix factorization with sparseness constraints on parts of the basis matrix (NMFSCPBM) method is proposed in this paper. Secondly, the encrypted watermark is embedded into the big coefficients of the basis matrix that the host video is decomposed into by NMFSCPBM. At the same time, the watermark embedding strength is adaptively adjusted by the video motion characteristic coefficients extracted by NMFSCPBM method. On watermark detection, as long as the residual video contains the numbers of the least remaining sub-blocks, the complete basis matrix can be completely recovered through the decomposition of the nonnegative matrix of the least remaining sub-blocks in residual videos by NMFSCPBM, and then the complete watermark can be extracted. The experimental results show that the average intensity resistant to the various regular cropping of this scheme is up to 95.97% and that the average intensity resistant to the various irregular cropping of this scheme is up to 95.55%. The bit correct rate (BCR) values of the extracted watermark are always 100% under all of the above situations. It is proved that the watermark extraction is not limited by the cropping position and type in this scheme. Compared with other similar methods, the performance of resisting strong cropping is improved greatly.展开更多
A digital watermarking technique is a multi-scientific discipline which is developed rapidly in last several years for digital content protection, such as copyright protection, authentication protection, source tracin...A digital watermarking technique is a multi-scientific discipline which is developed rapidly in last several years for digital content protection, such as copyright protection, authentication protection, source tracing, etc. However, in realistic scenarios, the digital watermarking system faces significant secure issues, for example, the attackers want to remove, detect, or embed illegal watermark signals. Therefore, the aim of this contribution is to illustrate recent results of robust and secure watermarking to the signal processing community, and highlight both benefits and still open issues. Specifically, this paper is intended to introduce the concept of secure and robust digital watermarking system, and provide with problems and their countermeasures. First of all, the classic watermark model and cryptosystem will be reviewed and then, the concept of secure and robust digital watermarking system will be described. Next, the watermark attack will be classified and described. Finally, some countermeasures that can help to improve secure and robustness are considered.展开更多
This paper proposes a novel robust image watermarking scheme for digital images using local invariant features and Independent Component Analysis （ICA）. Most present watermarking algorithms are unable to resist geom...This paper proposes a novel robust image watermarking scheme for digital images using local invariant features and Independent Component Analysis （ICA）. Most present watermarking algorithms are unable to resist geometric distortions that desynchronize the location. The method we propose here is robust to geometric attacks. In order to resist geometric distortions, we use a local invariant feature of the image called the scale invariant feature transform, which is invariant to translation and scaling distortions. The watermark is inserted into the circular patches generated by scale-invariant key point extractor. Rotation invariance is achieved using the translation property of the polar-mapped circular patches. Our method belongs to the blind watermark category, because we use Independent Component Analysis for detection that does not need the original image during detection. Experimental results show that our method is robust against geometric distortion attacks as well as signal-processing attacks.展开更多
A new image watermarking scheme is proposed to resist rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks. Six combined low order image moments are utilized to represent image information on rotation, scaling and transl...A new image watermarking scheme is proposed to resist rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks. Six combined low order image moments are utilized to represent image information on rotation, scaling and translation. Affine transform parameters are registered by feedforward neural networks. Watermark is adaptively embedded in discrete wavelet transform （DWT） domain while watermark extraction is carried out without original image after attacked watermarked image has been synchronized by making inverse transform through parameters learned by neural networks. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can effectively register affine transform parameters, embed watermark more robustly and resist geometric attacks as well as JPEG2000 compression.展开更多
Most of the quantization based watermarking algorithms are very sensitive to valumetric distortions, while these distortions are regarded as common processing in audio/video analysis. In recent years, watermarking met...Most of the quantization based watermarking algorithms are very sensitive to valumetric distortions, while these distortions are regarded as common processing in audio/video analysis. In recent years, watermarking methods which can resist this kind of distortions have attracted a lot of interests. But still many proposed methods can only deal with one certain kind of valumetric distortion such as amplitude scaling attack, and fail in other kinds of valumetric distortions like constant change attack, gamma correction or contrast stretching. In this paper, we propose a simple but effective method to tackle all the three kinds of valumetric distortions. This algorithm constructs an invariant domain first by spread transform which satisfies certain constraints. Then an amplitude scale invariant watermarking scheme is applied on the constructed domain. The validity of the approach has been confirmed by applying the watermarking scheme to Gaussian host data and real images. Experimental results confirm its intrinsic invariance against amplitude scaling, constant change attack and robustness improvement against nonlinear valumetric distortions.展开更多
Presents a digital watermarking technique based on discrete fractional Fourier transform (DFRFT), discusses the transformation of the original image by DFRFT, and the modification of DFRFT coefficients of the original...Presents a digital watermarking technique based on discrete fractional Fourier transform (DFRFT), discusses the transformation of the original image by DFRFT, and the modification of DFRFT coefficients of the original image by the information of watermark, and concludes from experimental results that the proposed technique is robust to lossy compression attack.展开更多
In this paper a blind image watermarking that can resist to rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks is proposed. Based on the spread spectrum, the watermark is modulated before embedding. The logpolar mapped...In this paper a blind image watermarking that can resist to rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks is proposed. Based on the spread spectrum, the watermark is modulated before embedding. The logpolar mapped discrete fourier transform （LPM-DFT） magnitude of a disk, a part of the origin image, constitutes the RST-invariant domain, where the origin of the LPM is the center of the disk and the sampling rates of the LPM are constant. After the middle frequency band of LPM-DFT magnitude, namely the watermark-embedding domain, is grouped according to the watermark length, the watermark is embedded by adjusting the difference between the two sub-region energy in each group. To improve the imperceptibility, the watermark-embedding domain is shuffled before embedding and the watermark is not embedded directly into the watermark-embedding domain. In watermark detection procedure, neither the original image nor any knowledge about the distortions is required. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme is very robust against RST distortion and common image processing attacks.展开更多
Traitor tracing schemes are introduced to combat the piracy scenarios. The notation of dynamic traitor tracing is proposed by Fiat and Tassa, which fights against rebroadcast of decrypted content. In this paper, using...Traitor tracing schemes are introduced to combat the piracy scenarios. The notation of dynamic traitor tracing is proposed by Fiat and Tassa, which fights against rebroadcast of decrypted content. In this paper, using the idea of searching user address level by level, a new dynamic traitor tracing scheme based on a multilevel structure of user set is constructed. The scheme proposed can efficiently combat with the immediate rebroadcast attack, and possesses lower tracing complexity. Importantly, the tracing scheme can be applicable to systems with different sizes of subscriber sets.展开更多
基金This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China (No.20032100)Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Vision and Auditory Information Processing (Peking University) (No.0503)+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Dalian City of China (No.2006J23JH020)Open Foundation of Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Computer Information Processing Technology (Soocbow University)(No.KJS0602)Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Image Processing and Image Communication (Nanjing University of Posts and Communications)(No.ZK205014).
文摘In this paper, a new content-based image watermarking scheme is proposed. The Harris-Laplace detector is adopted to extract feature points, which can survive a variety of attacks. The local characteristic regions （LCRs） are adaptively constructed based on scale-space theory. Then, the LCRs are mapped to geometrically invariant space by using image normalization technique. Finally, several copies of the digital watermark are embedded into the nonoverlapped LCRs by quantizing the magnitude vectors of discrete Fourier transform （DFT） coefficients. By binding a watermark with LCR, resilience against desynchronization attacks can be readily obtained. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is invisible and robust against various attacks which includes common signals processing and desynchronization attacks.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61601467,61379102,61502498,U1433105 and U1433120)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(3122017044)
文摘A robust digital watermarking algorithm is proposed based on quaternion wavelet transform(QWT) and discrete cosine transform(DCT) for copyright protection of color images. The luminance component Y of a host color image in YIQ space is decomposed by QWT, and then the coefficients of four low-frequency subbands are transformed by DCT. An original binary watermark scrambled by Arnold map and iterated sine chaotic system is embedded into the mid-frequency DCT coefficients of the subbands. In order to improve the performance of the proposed algorithm against rotation attacks, a rotation detection scheme is implemented before watermark extracting. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed watermarking scheme shows strong robustness not only against common image processing attacks but also against arbitrary rotation attacks.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China（No. 71020107027） in part by the Doctoral Startup Fundation of Xinjiang University of Finace and Economics
文摘Steganalysis attack is to statistically estimate the embedded watermark in the watermarked multimedia,and the estimated watermark may be destroyed by the attacker.The existing methods of false negative probability,however,do not consider the influence of steganalysis attack.This paper proposed the game theory based false negative probability to estimate the impacts of steganalysis attack,as well as unintentional attack.Specifically,game theory was used to model the collision between the embedment and steganalysis attack,and derive the optimal building embedding/attacking strategy.Such optimal playing strategies devote to calculating the attacker destructed watermark,used for calculation of the game theory based false negative probability.The experimental results show that watermark detection reliability measured using our proposed method,in comparison,can better reflect the real scenario in which the embedded watermark undergoes unintentional attack and the attacker using steganalysis attack.This paper provides a foundation for investigating countermeasures of digital watermarking community against steganalysis attack.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (90104005,60373087,60473023)
文摘In this paper,we propose wavelet-based denois-ing attack methods on imagewatermarking in discrete cosine transform(DCT)or discrete Fourier transform(DFT)domain ordiscrete wavelet transform(DWT)domain Wiener filtering based on wavelet transform is performed inapproximation subband to remove DCI or DFT domain watermark,and adaptive wavelet soft thresholdingis employed to remove the watermark resided in detail subbands of DWT domain.
文摘A coordinate system of the original image is established using a facial feature point localization technique. After the original image transformed into a new image with the standard coordinate system, a redundant watermark is adaptively embedded in the discrete wavelet transform（DWT） domain based on the statistical characteristics of the wavelet coefficient block. The coordinate system of watermarked image is reestablished as a calibration system. Regardless of the host image rotated, scaled, or translated（RST）, all the geometric attacks are eliminated while the watermarked image is transformed into the standard coordinate system. The proposed watermark detection is a blind detection. Experimental results demonstrate the proposed scheme is robust against common and geometric image processing attacks, particularly its robustness against joint geometric attacks.
基金the Science Research Plan of Education Office of Shaanxi Province,China under Grant No. 11JK1048Science Research and Development Program Project of Shaanxi Province,China under Grant No. 2011K17-04-01
文摘To improve the watermark benchmarks database,a new BRA(Block Replacement Attack)method is introduced in this paper.Unlike the typical BRA which exploits the self-similarity among blocks in image,the scheme utilizes the self-similarity in various scale and orientation bands in the wavelet domain of the image.They search the replacement blocks from the blocks of the smaller sub-image at the next lower resolution.The most important advantage of this scheme is that the pyramid sub-band decomposition acts as an automatic block classifier,with the result of simplifying the block search and block matching procedures and thus making the block replacement more effective.Furthermore,an improved algorithm based on Fuzzy set theory is introduced in which the number of blocks chosen for combination are modified adaptively to obtain the candidate replacement blocks.It simplifies the procedure for searching the candidate replacement blocks.These advantages are confirmed by the experimental results,which show that the performance of the scheme is superior to typical BRA methods.
文摘Firstly, the nonnegative matrix factorization with sparseness constraints on parts of the basis matrix (NMFSCPBM) method is proposed in this paper. Secondly, the encrypted watermark is embedded into the big coefficients of the basis matrix that the host video is decomposed into by NMFSCPBM. At the same time, the watermark embedding strength is adaptively adjusted by the video motion characteristic coefficients extracted by NMFSCPBM method. On watermark detection, as long as the residual video contains the numbers of the least remaining sub-blocks, the complete basis matrix can be completely recovered through the decomposition of the nonnegative matrix of the least remaining sub-blocks in residual videos by NMFSCPBM, and then the complete watermark can be extracted. The experimental results show that the average intensity resistant to the various regular cropping of this scheme is up to 95.97% and that the average intensity resistant to the various irregular cropping of this scheme is up to 95.55%. The bit correct rate (BCR) values of the extracted watermark are always 100% under all of the above situations. It is proved that the watermark extraction is not limited by the cropping position and type in this scheme. Compared with other similar methods, the performance of resisting strong cropping is improved greatly.
基金supported by the Jiangnan University of Science&Technology Young Scholar under Grant No.JUSRP11462
文摘A digital watermarking technique is a multi-scientific discipline which is developed rapidly in last several years for digital content protection, such as copyright protection, authentication protection, source tracing, etc. However, in realistic scenarios, the digital watermarking system faces significant secure issues, for example, the attackers want to remove, detect, or embed illegal watermark signals. Therefore, the aim of this contribution is to illustrate recent results of robust and secure watermarking to the signal processing community, and highlight both benefits and still open issues. Specifically, this paper is intended to introduce the concept of secure and robust digital watermarking system, and provide with problems and their countermeasures. First of all, the classic watermark model and cryptosystem will be reviewed and then, the concept of secure and robust digital watermarking system will be described. Next, the watermark attack will be classified and described. Finally, some countermeasures that can help to improve secure and robustness are considered.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (60373062 ,60573045)
文摘This paper proposes a novel robust image watermarking scheme for digital images using local invariant features and Independent Component Analysis （ICA）. Most present watermarking algorithms are unable to resist geometric distortions that desynchronize the location. The method we propose here is robust to geometric attacks. In order to resist geometric distortions, we use a local invariant feature of the image called the scale invariant feature transform, which is invariant to translation and scaling distortions. The watermark is inserted into the circular patches generated by scale-invariant key point extractor. Rotation invariance is achieved using the translation property of the polar-mapped circular patches. Our method belongs to the blind watermark category, because we use Independent Component Analysis for detection that does not need the original image during detection. Experimental results show that our method is robust against geometric distortion attacks as well as signal-processing attacks.
文摘A new image watermarking scheme is proposed to resist rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks. Six combined low order image moments are utilized to represent image information on rotation, scaling and translation. Affine transform parameters are registered by feedforward neural networks. Watermark is adaptively embedded in discrete wavelet transform （DWT） domain while watermark extraction is carried out without original image after attacked watermarked image has been synchronized by making inverse transform through parameters learned by neural networks. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can effectively register affine transform parameters, embed watermark more robustly and resist geometric attacks as well as JPEG2000 compression.
基金supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China(Nos.61303262 and U1536120)
文摘Most of the quantization based watermarking algorithms are very sensitive to valumetric distortions, while these distortions are regarded as common processing in audio/video analysis. In recent years, watermarking methods which can resist this kind of distortions have attracted a lot of interests. But still many proposed methods can only deal with one certain kind of valumetric distortion such as amplitude scaling attack, and fail in other kinds of valumetric distortions like constant change attack, gamma correction or contrast stretching. In this paper, we propose a simple but effective method to tackle all the three kinds of valumetric distortions. This algorithm constructs an invariant domain first by spread transform which satisfies certain constraints. Then an amplitude scale invariant watermarking scheme is applied on the constructed domain. The validity of the approach has been confirmed by applying the watermarking scheme to Gaussian host data and real images. Experimental results confirm its intrinsic invariance against amplitude scaling, constant change attack and robustness improvement against nonlinear valumetric distortions.
文摘Presents a digital watermarking technique based on discrete fractional Fourier transform (DFRFT), discusses the transformation of the original image by DFRFT, and the modification of DFRFT coefficients of the original image by the information of watermark, and concludes from experimental results that the proposed technique is robust to lossy compression attack.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation ofChina (60502024)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2005ABA267) the Electronic Development Fund of Ministry of Informa-tionIndustry of China and the Innovation Fundfor Technology Based Firmsof Ministry of Science and Technology of China (04C26214201284) .
文摘In this paper a blind image watermarking that can resist to rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks is proposed. Based on the spread spectrum, the watermark is modulated before embedding. The logpolar mapped discrete fourier transform （LPM-DFT） magnitude of a disk, a part of the origin image, constitutes the RST-invariant domain, where the origin of the LPM is the center of the disk and the sampling rates of the LPM are constant. After the middle frequency band of LPM-DFT magnitude, namely the watermark-embedding domain, is grouped according to the watermark length, the watermark is embedded by adjusting the difference between the two sub-region energy in each group. To improve the imperceptibility, the watermark-embedding domain is shuffled before embedding and the watermark is not embedded directly into the watermark-embedding domain. In watermark detection procedure, neither the original image nor any knowledge about the distortions is required. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme is very robust against RST distortion and common image processing attacks.
基金Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program(973 Program)(2012CB316103)
文摘Traitor tracing schemes are introduced to combat the piracy scenarios. The notation of dynamic traitor tracing is proposed by Fiat and Tassa, which fights against rebroadcast of decrypted content. In this paper, using the idea of searching user address level by level, a new dynamic traitor tracing scheme based on a multilevel structure of user set is constructed. The scheme proposed can efficiently combat with the immediate rebroadcast attack, and possesses lower tracing complexity. Importantly, the tracing scheme can be applicable to systems with different sizes of subscriber sets.
