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.     

Rotation, scaling and translation invariant image watermarking using feature points

In this article, a novel robust image watermarking scheme is presented to resist rotation, scaling, and translation （RST）. Initially, the original image is scale normalized, and the feature points are then extracted. Furthermore, the locally most stable feature points are used to generate several nonoverlapped circular regions. These regions are then rotation normalized to generate the invariant regions. Watermark embedding and extraction are implemented in the invariant regions in discrete cosine transform domain. In the decoder, the watermark can be extracted without the original image. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is robust to traditional signal processing attacks, RST attacks, as well as some combined attacks.     

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.     

Blob-Harris特征区域结合CT-SVD的鲁棒图像水印算法

为了提高水印图像对几何攻击的鲁棒性,提出了一种Blob-Harris特征区域结合轮廓波变换(Contourlet transform, CT)和奇异值分解(singular value decomposition, SVD)的鲁棒图像水印算法。首先在原始图像经过Contourlet变换后的低频分量中提取斑点(Blob)块区域并利用Harris角点检测进行特征点提取,然后根据各个特征点的特征尺度确定其特征区域,选择适中的互不重叠的特征区域,将其四周补零后进行归一化操作,最后将经过小波变换提取的低频水印图像进行奇异值分解,并重复嵌入到每一个归一化圆形特征区域的内接正四边形当中。仿真实验结果表明,本文算法除了对常规攻击有很好的抵抗力之外,对几何攻击也有相对较强的鲁棒性,特别是缩放、平移、剪切以及其组合攻击,NC值均达到0.94以上。      

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.     

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。      

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。     

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.     

抗几何攻击的最低有效位数字水印算法

尽管最低有效位数字水印算法嵌入容量大,但抗几何攻击能力不足.通过分析几何攻击的原理,结合可视密码学和图像归一化技术,提出一种抗几何攻击的最低有效位数字水印算法.首先,利用可视密码学技术将水印隐藏到多幅图片中,同时仅选取一幅图片作为水印.然后对载体图像进行归一化,并以图像的几何中心作为中心提取重要区域.最后,依据重要区域的大小缩放水印,以增强水印与载体间的同步性,并从重要区域像素的低4位中随机选取嵌入位置通过异或运算嵌入水印.实验结果表明,算法具有良好的抗几何攻击能力.     

采用几何校正优化的轮廓波水印算法

针对目前的图像水印难以同时抵抗常规攻击和几 何攻击的不足,提出一种新的轮廓波 水印算法。水印嵌入阶段,该方法将宿主图像进行离散小波变换和非下采样轮廓波变换,并 将水印嵌入到熵值最大的高频子带,解决了将水印嵌入低频无法抵抗几何攻击及高频不能 很好抵抗滤波等常规攻击的问题。在水印嵌入前对嵌入区域进行加密处理,提高算法的安全 性。水印提取阶段,利用Zernike矩对含水印图像进行几何校正再进行提取,进一步提高了 算法的抗几何攻击能力。最后利用峰值信噪比和归一化系数对算法进行评价,验证算法的不 可感知性和鲁棒性。仿真实验结果表明,算法在不同的宿主图像和水印图像上均表现良好。 该算法在具有较好不可见性的基础上,除了对常规攻击具有很好的抵抗力,对几何攻击也具 有强鲁棒性,归一化系数(normalization coefficient,NC)均达到了0.99     

SYNCHRONIZATION RECOVERY SCHEME IN WATERMARKING DETECTION

Most proposed digital watermarking algorithms are sensitive to geometric attacks because the synchronization information of watermark embedding and detection is destroyed. In this letter a novel synchronization recovery scheme based on image normalization is proposed. The presented scheme does not require the original image and can be applied to various watermark systems. A wavelet-based watermarking scheme is proposed as an example and experimental results show that it is robust to geometric attacks.     

Geometric Invariance in image watermarking

Surviving geometric attacks in image watermarking is considered to be of great importance. In this paper, the watermark is used in an authentication context. Two solutions are being proposed for such a problem. Both geometric and invariant moments are used in the proposed techniques. An invariant watermark is designed and tested against attacks performed by StirMark using the invariant moments. On the other hand, an image normalization technique is also proposed which creates a normalized environment for watermark embedding and detection. The proposed algorithms have the advantage of being robust, computationally efficient, and no overhead needs to be transmitted to the decoder side. The proposed techniques have proven to be highly robust to all geometric manipulations, filtering, compression and slight cropping which are performed as part of StirMark attacks as well as noise addition, both Gaussian and salt & pepper.     

Affine invariant image watermarking using intensity probability density-based Harris Laplace detector

Feature point based image watermarking against geometric distortions has attracted great attention in recent years. However, for the state-of-the-art intensity based feature points detectors, the feature points often gather at textured portions of the image or on the edges where the change of intensity is significant, so that many feature points capture the same portion of the image, which makes the watermark be vulnerable to local geometric distortions. In this paper, we propose an affine invariant image watermarking scheme with good visual quality and reasonable resistance toward local geometric distortions, which utilizes the intensity probability density-based Harris–Laplace detector. Firstly, the uniform and robust feature points are extracted by utilizing modified Harris–Laplace detector, in which the intensity probability density gradient is used instead of intensity gradient. Then, the affine invariant local ellipse regions (LERs) are constructed adaptively according to the variation of local intensity probability density. Finally, the digital watermark is embedded into the affine invariant LERs in nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) domain by modulating the lowpass NSCT coefficients. By binding the watermark with the affine invariant LERs, the watermark detection can be done without synchronization error. Experimental results show that the proposed image watermarking is not only invisible and robust against common image processing operations such as sharpening, noise adding, and JPEG compression, but also robust against the global affine transforms and local geometric distortions.     

A new robust digital image watermarking based on Pseudo-Zernike moments

A robust digital image watermarking scheme based on Pseudo-Zernike moments and image normalization is proposed. The goal is to resist both geometric distortion and common signals processing. We construct the geometrically invariant space by using image normalization. The Pseudo-Zernike moments of the normalized image are computed, and some low-order Pseudo-Zernike moments are selected. We embed digital watermark into the host image by quantizing the magnitudes of the selected Pseudo-Zernike moments. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed watermarking scheme is robust to a wide range of geometric attacks and common signals processing.     

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.     

RST Invariant Image Watermarking Algorithm With Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of the Watermarking Processes

In this paper, a new rotation and scaling invariant image watermarking scheme is proposed based on rotation invariant feature and image normalization. A mathematical model is established to approximate the image based on the mixture generalized Gaussian distribution, which can facilitate the analysis of the watermarking processes. Using maximum a posteriori probability based image segmentation, the cover image is segmented into several homogeneous areas. Each region can be represented by a generalized Gaussian distribution, which is critical for the analysis of the watermarking processes mathematically. The rotation invariant features are extracted from the segmented areas and are selected as reference points. Subregions centered at the feature points are used for watermark embedding and extraction. Image normalization is applied to the subregions to achieve scaling invariance. Meanwhile, the watermark embedding and extraction schemes are analyzed mathematically based on the established mathematical model. The watermark embedding strength is adjusted adaptively using the noise visibility function and the probability of error is analyzed mathematically. The mathematical relationship between fidelity and robustness is established. The experimental results show the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed scheme.     

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.     

基于奇偶量化的空域抗几何攻击图像水印算法

数字水印对几何攻击的鲁棒性问题一直没有得到很好的解决,该文提出了一种能够抵抗RST(旋转、缩放、平移)攻击,局部剪切以及常规信号处理攻击的多比特图像水印算法。该文利用尺度不变特征变换(SIFT)进行水印信号的同步;设计了一种圆环形的水印模式,并在空域采用奇偶量化嵌入水印;并设计了一种奇偶检测器提取水印。实验结果表明该算法能获得很好的图像质量,且能十分有效地抵抗各种几何攻击以及常规的压缩,滤波等攻击。     

基于Baker映射与时空混沌相结合的CT-QR域双彩色鲁棒盲水印算法

针对彩色水印图像的盲提取算法抗几何攻击鲁棒性不强的问题,提出一种Baker映射与时空混沌相结合的轮廓波变换(Contourlet transform,CT)和QR分解双彩色强鲁棒盲水印算法。首先将彩色水印分离成RGB分量,对三个分量分别进行Baker映射与时空混沌相结合的预处理操作,然后对载体图像的RGB分量分别进行Contourlet变换,分块QR分解得到酉矩阵,最后根据嵌入规则将加密后的水印分通道的嵌入到酉矩阵中。水印提取时利用Radon变换对图像进行几何校正可提高其几何攻击的鲁棒性。仿真结果表明,该算法不仅使嵌入水印后的图像具有良好的不可见性,而且能有效抵抗加噪、滤波、JPEG压缩、剪切、平移、旋转、马赛克、篡改等攻击,NC值均在0.9以上,对组合攻击也有较强的鲁棒性。      

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。