基于局部Zernike矩的RST不变水印

旋转、缩放和平移(RST)等几何攻击能够破坏水印检测的同步性,而使常规水印检测失败,提出了一种基于图像局部Zernike矩的RST不变水印算法.利用图像归一化后的Zernike矩幅度具有RST不变的性质,将由Zernike矩重构的水印图像在空域嵌入原始图像的局部中,并提取该区域的Zernike矩幅度矢量作为水印矢量.水印检测时,计算局部区域的Zernike矩,并与已知Zernike矩矢量计算均方误差根(RMSE)判断水印存在与否.与使用图像全局Zernike矩相比,使用局部矩使得水印具有更好的旋转不变性,同时水印对于缩放、JPEG压缩和噪声等攻击也具有较好的检测性能.     

A feature-based digital watermarking scheme for halftone image

It is a challenging work to design a robust halftone image watermarking scheme against desynchronization attacks. In this paper, we propose a feature-based digital watermarking method for halftone images with low computational complexity, good visual quality and reasonable resistance toward desynchronization attacks. Firstly, the feature points are extracted from host halftone image by using multi-scale Harris–Laplace detector, and the local feature regions (LFRs) are constructed according to the feature scale theory. Secondly, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is performed on the LFRs, and the embedding positions (DFT coefficients) are selected adaptively according to the magnitude spectrum information. Finally, the digital watermark is embedded into the LFRs by quantizing the magnitudes of the selected DFT coefficients. By binding the watermark with the geometrically invariant halftone image features, the watermark detection can be done without synchronization error. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is invisible and robust against common signals processing such as median filtering, sharpening, noise adding, and JPEG compression, etc., and desynchronization attacks such as rotation, scaling, translation (RST), cropping, local random bend, and print-scan, etc.     

A feature-based robust digital image watermarking scheme

A robust digital image watermarking scheme that combines image feature extraction and image normalization is proposed. The goal is to resist both geometric distortion and signal processing attacks. We adopt a feature extraction method called Mexican hat wavelet scale interaction. The extracted feature points can survive a variety of attacks and be used as reference points for both watermark embedding and detection. The normalized image of an image (object) is nearly invariant with respect to rotations. As a result, the watermark detection task can be much simplified when it is applied to the normalized image. However, because image normalization is sensitive to image local variation, we apply image normalization to nonoverlapped image disks separately. The disks are centered at the extracted feature points. Several copies of a 16-bit watermark sequence are embedded in the original image to improve the robustness of watermarks. Simulation results show that our scheme can survive low-quality JPEG compression, color reduction, sharpening, Gaussian filtering, median filtering, row or column removal, shearing, rotation, local warping, cropping, and linear geometric transformations.     

基于归一化和Bessel–Fourier矩的鲁棒水印算法

为了增强水印的抗几何攻击能力,提出了一种基于归一化和Bessel-Fourier矩的鲁棒水印算法。首先对图像进行归一化,使图像的Bessel-Fourier矩具有旋转、缩放和平移(RST)不变性;然后通过使用Bessel-Fourier多项式直接将水印添加到图像的空域强度中,嵌入强度由一个迭代特征修改和验证程序控制,可以避免在水印嵌入和检测过程中引入错误。大量的实验结果表明,本文提出的水印算法对几何攻击以及一般的信号处理具有很好的鲁棒性。     

Local quaternion PHT based robust color image watermarking algorithm

It is a challenging work to design a robust localized color image watermarking scheme against desynchronization attacks. There are two main drawbacks indwelled in current localized color image watermarking: firstly, the pure gray-based feature points detectors were utilized, in which the important color information is ignored. Secondly, the watermarking algorithms were designed mainly to mark the image luminance component only, in which the significant color channels correlation are neglected. In this paper, we propose a robust color image watermarking algorithm using local quaternion PHT (Polar Harmonic Transform), which is invariant to various noises, local geometric transformations, and color variations. Firstly, the stable color image feature points are extracted by using new color image feature point detector, in which the SIFER (Scale-Invariant Feature detector with Error Resilience) detector and color invariance model are incorporated. Then, the affine invariant local regions are built adaptively according to local image content variation. Finally, the digital watermark is embedded into the local regions by modulating the invariant quaternion PHT modulus coefficients. Experiments are carried out on a color image set collected from Internet, and the extensive experimental works have shown that the proposed color image watermarking is not only invisible and robust against common image processing operations such as median filtering, noise adding, and JPEG compression, but also has conquered those challenging desynchronization attacks.     

基于SIFT特征点和交比值的水印图像抗攻击算法

为提高数字水印图像对常规信号和复杂几何攻击的抵抗能力,利用SIFT(scale invariant feature transform)特征点的稳健性和交比值不变特性,提出了一种数字图像顽健水印算法。首先,在原图像经过NSCT(nonsubsampled contourlet transform)变换后的低频子带系数中提取SIFT特征点并对其进行优化筛选,从中确定满足“近凸正四边形” 的系数区域作为水印嵌入的局部区域,然后利用事先设定好的一些交比值在各局部区域中确定要嵌入水印的具体系数,最后利用奇偶量化调制方法嵌入水印信息。与传统算法相比,在提取水印信息时无需对含水印图像进行几何逆变换。实验结果表明,该算法对常规信号处理及多种几何攻击具有较强的抵抗能力和顽健性。     

Joint robustness and security enhancement for feature-based image watermarking using invariant feature regions

Local image features have been widely applied in feature-based watermarking schemes. The feature invariance is exploited to achieve robustness against attacks, but the leakage of information about hidden watermarks from publicly known locations and sizes of features are often unconsidered in security. This paper, therefore, proposes a novel image watermarking approach, which adopts invariant feature regions to jointly enhance its robustness and security. Initially, circular feature regions are determined by the scale-adapted auto-correlation matrix and the Laplacian-of-Gaussian operation. Leakage of secret information is also controlled carefully during feature detection procedure. An optimal selection process formulated as a multidimensional knapsack problem is then proposed to select robust non-overlapping regions from those circular feature regions to resist various attacks. This process is implemented by a genetic algorithm-based approach, and incorporates randomization to mitigate the security risk. Finally, each selected region is normalized to obtain a geometrically invariant feature region, and embedded with a region-dependent watermark to overcome the weakness of multiple-redundant watermarks. The evaluation results based on the StirMark benchmark present the proposed scheme can tolerate various attacks, including noise-like signal processing and geometric distortions. A security analysis in terms of differential entropy also confirms the security improvement of the proposed method.     

Robust semi-blind video watermarking based on frame-patch matching

In this paper, we present a frame-patch matching based robust semi-blind video watermarking using KAZE feature. The KAZE feature is employed for matching the feature points of frame-patch with those of all frames in video for detecting the embedding and extracting regions. In our method, the watermark information is embedded in Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) domain of randomly generated blocks in the matched region. In the extraction process, we synchronize the embedded region from the distorted video by using KAZE feature matching. Based on the matched KAZE feature points, RST (rotation, scaling, translation) parameters are estimated and the watermark information can be successfully extracted. Experimental results show that our proposed method is robust against geometrical attacks, video processing attacks, temporal attacks, and so on.     

Digital watermarking robust to geometric distortions.

In this paper, we present two watermarking approaches that are robust to geometric distortions. The first approach is based on image normalization, in which both watermark embedding and extraction are carried out with respect to an image normalized to meet a set of predefined moment criteria. We propose a new normalization procedure, which is invariant to affine transform attacks. The resulting watermarking scheme is suitable for public watermarking applications, where the original image is not available for watermark extraction. The second approach is based on a watermark resynchronization scheme aimed to alleviate the effects of random bending attacks. In this scheme, a deformable mesh is used to correct the distortion caused by the attack. The watermark is then extracted from the corrected image. In contrast to the first scheme, the latter is suitable for private watermarking applications, where the original image is necessary for watermark detection. In both schemes, we employ a direct-sequence code division multiple access approach to embed a multibit watermark in the discrete cosine transform domain of the image. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed watermarking schemes are robust to a wide range of geometric attacks.     

基于兴趣点不变矩的图像拼接

提出了一种基于兴趣点不变矩(IPIM)的图像拼接技术.利用Harris角检测器获取图像中的兴趣点,计算兴趣点邻域的平移、旋转及尺度不变矩,通过比较各兴趣点邻域不变矩的欧式距离提取出初始特征点对,根据几何变换模型剔除伪特征对,最后利用正确映射模型实现图像的拼接.实验表明,该方法对平移以及任意角度的旋转具有良好的鲁棒性,对于具有小尺度变换的图像仍然具有很好的拼接效果.     

基于几何矩的抵抗RST攻击的数字图像水印

目前大多数的数字图像水印方案不能有效抵抗几何形变的攻击,这一弱点已成为数字水印技术走上商用的瓶颈。在各种几何形变中,RST(旋转、缩放、平移)是最为常见的攻击方式。该文提出了一种具有普适性的能够抵抗RST攻击的多比特数字图像水印方案,采用的主要措施有:(1)提出一种基于几何矩的图像标准化方案以抵抗几何攻击;(2)采用扩谱方法构造二维CDMA水印信号,实现多比特水印嵌入;(3)根据HVS特性自适应调整水印的嵌入强度,在鲁棒性和不可见性之间达到平衡;(4)利用MAP和相关方法估计和检测水印信号。实验表明该方案对RST具有很高的鲁棒性,对压缩、滤波等常见的图像处理攻击同样具有良好的鲁棒性。     

Localized image watermarking in spatial domain resistant to geometric attacks

Watermark robustness to geometric attacks is still a challenging research field. In this paper, a novel robust image watermarking scheme is proposed for resisting such attacks. Watermark synchronization is first achieved by local invariant regions which can be generated using scale normalization and image feature points. The watermark is embedded into all the local regions repeatedly in spatial domain. During embedding, each circular region is first divided into homocentric cirque regions. Then the watermark bits are embedded by quantizing each cirque region into an “odd” or “even” region using odd–even quantization. In the decoder, an odd–even detector (OED) is designed to extract the watermark from the distorted image directly. Localized embedding achieves good invisibility and repeated insertion enhances watermark robustness. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is robust to both geometric attacks and traditional signal processing attacks.     

一种基于图像特征点的数字水印嵌入方法

如何有效抵抗去同步攻击是数字图像水印研究领域的热点问题之一.本文提出了一种可有效抵抗去同步攻击的图像水印新算法.该算法首先利用Harris-Laplace算子从载体图像中提取尺度空间特征点;再结合特征尺度自适应确定局部特征区域;最后,采纳DFT中频幅值量化策略将水印重复嵌入到多个不相交的局部特征区域中.检测时,利用特征点实现水印的重同步,无须求助于原始图像.仿真结果表明,本文算法不仅具有较好的透明性,而且对常规信号处理和去同步攻击均具有较好的鲁棒性.     

基于SIFT特征点的抗几何攻击水印算法

提出了一种基于尺度不变特征变换(SIFT)和伪Zernike矩的抗几何攻击的鲁棒水印算法。首先,利用SIFT算法从载体图像中提取稳定的特征点;然后,根据特征尺度和方向自适应地确定每个局部特征区域大小和方向;最后,从中选择具有较大特征尺度互不重叠的特征区域,并利用量化调制伪Zernike矩幅值方法将水印嵌入到每个局部特征区域内。仿真实验结果表明,该算法不仅具有良好的透明性,而且具有较强的抵抗常规信号处理和几何攻击的能力。     

Geometrically robust image watermarking based on Jacobi-Fourier moments

Rotation, scaling and translation （RST） attacks can desynehronize the watermark detection so that many watermark systems failed. A geometrically robust image watermarking strategy based on Jacobi-Fourier moments （JFMs） is proposed. The Jacobi moments of the original image are first extracted as original moments; then the watermark image is embedded into the global or local area of the original image, and the Jacobi moments of the area are extracted. When the watermarked image is not attacked, the watermark can be retrieved by using the margin of the original moments and the moments of the embedded area. When it is attacked, the watermark can also be got in that way, and the original moments need to be transformed. It can be concluded that Jacobi- Fourier moments perform better than Zemike moments （ZMs） for small images. Meanwhile, the watermark is also robust to scaling and rotation as well as regular attacks such as added noises.     

基于Blob-Harris特征区域和NSCT-Zernike的鲁棒水印算法

为了有效抵抗水印图像的几何攻击,该文提出了一种基于Blob-Harris特征区域和非下采样轮廓波变换(NSCT)和伪Zernike矩的鲁棒水印算法。首先原始图像进行两层非下采样Contourlet变换后提取其低频图像,然后利用Blob-Harris检测算子对低频图像进行特征点提取,根据各个特征点的特征尺度确定其特征区域,优化筛选出稳定且互不重叠的特征区域并将其四周补零,得到稳定的互不重叠的方形特征区域作为水印嵌入区域,最后计算每一个方形特征区域的Zernike矩,将水印信息嵌入在量化调制正则化Zernike矩的幅值当中。实验结果表明,Lena图峰值信噪比达到40 dB以上时,本文算法对常规图像处理以及缩放、旋转、剪切等几何攻击和组合攻击都有相对较强的鲁棒性。     

SIFT特征区域Contourlet域遥感图像水印算法

针对现有遥感图像数字水印算法多为基于图像全局的水印算法,抵抗旋转、缩放、行列剪切以及联合几何攻击能力较差的问题,提出一种基于SIFT特征区域的Contourlet域遥感图像数字水印新方法。算法选取二值数字图像作为水印图像,将二值水印图像置乱预处理后,对其进行行扫描形成一维向量作为待嵌入的水印信息;然后,在宿主遥感图像中提取SIFT特征点,筛选特征点,并依据特征点确定水印嵌入的特征区域;最后,规范所选特征区域,对其进行归一化后实施Contourlet变换,利用奇偶量化方法将水印信息嵌入所选的变换系数内。实验结果表明算法对JEPG压缩、噪声以及滤波等常规信号处理具有较好的鲁棒性,同时能够更好地抵抗旋转、缩放、平移及其联合等几何攻击。      

Performance analysis for geometrical attack on digital image watermarking

We present a technique for irreversible watermarking approach robust to affine transform attacks in camera, biomedical and satellite images stored in the form of monochrome bitmap images. The watermarking approach is based on image normalisation in which both watermark embedding and extraction are carried out with respect to an image normalised to meet a set of predefined moment criteria. The normalisation procedure is invariant to affine transform attacks. The result of watermarking scheme is suitable for public watermarking applications, where the original image is not available for watermark extraction. Here, direct-sequence code division multiple access approach is used to embed multibit text information in DCT and DWT transform domains. The proposed watermarking schemes are robust against various types of attacks such as Gaussian noise, shearing, scaling, rotation, flipping, affine transform, signal processing and JPEG compression. Performance analysis results are measured using image processing metrics.     

Geometrically resilient color image zero-watermarking algorithm based on quaternion Exponent moments

Although research on zero-watermarking has made great progress in recent years, most of it has been focused on grayscale images rather than color ones, and cannot resist geometric attacks efficiently. In this paper, we discuss properties of quaternion Exponent moments (QEMs) in detail and propose a robust color image zero-watermarking algorithm which is robust to geometric attacks. We first compute and select robust QEMs of the original color image, and then a binary feature image is constructed using the magnitude of the selected moments. Eventually, a bitwise exclusive-or is applied on the binary feature image and a scrambled binary logo to generate the zero-watermark image. Experimental results show that the proposed zero-watermarking algorithm is robust to both geometric attacks and common image processing attacks effectively. Compared to similar zero-watermarking algorithms and traditional watermarking algorithms based on QEMs, the proposed zero-watermarking algorithm has better performance.