基于仿射变换的改进型矢量量化编码

本文提出了基于仿射变换的改进型矢量量化编码算法，并给出了两种不同的实用结构，与传统矢量量化算法相比，该方法在不需要重新训练新码本及不增加码本存储空间的情况下，降低了编码误差，使得重建图像的ＰＳＮＲ显著增加，图像的主观质量也得到很大的改善。     

基于矢量量化压缩编码的数字水印

提出一种基于矢量量化压缩编码(简称VQ编码)技术的水印策略,在对原图像进行VQ编码后,按码书中码字的相似程度对码字进行划分,根据待嵌入水印图像的大小产生一个随机序列作为密钥,然后根据密钥在压缩数据的特定位置嵌入水印。提出的水印策略,其主要特征在于水印既存在于原图像VQ编码后的压缩数据中,也存在于接收端VQ解码后的图像中。压缩后的数据在数据量上远小于原始数据,所以由它替代原图像携带水印,既节省存储空间,也减小了网络传输时间,特别适用于网络环境下的水印嵌入和提取。更重要的是,这种水印策略具有较好的鲁棒性,能够抵抗诸如裁剪、模糊、JPEG压缩等波形攻击和扭转几何攻击。     

Design of vector quantizer for image compression using self-organizing feature map and surface fitting

We propose a new scheme of designing a vector quantizer for image compression. First, a set of codevectors is generated using the self-organizing feature map algorithm. Then, the set of blocks associated with each code vector is modeled by a cubic surface for better perceptual fidelity of the reconstructed images. Mean-removed vectors from a set of training images is used for the construction of a generic codebook. Further, Huffman coding of the indices generated by the encoder and the difference-coded mean values of the blocks are used to achieve better compression ratio. We proposed two indices for quantitative assessment of the psychovisual quality (blocking effect) of the reconstructed image. Our experiments on several training and test images demonstrate that the proposed scheme can produce reconstructed images of good quality while achieving compression at low bit rates. Index Terms-Cubic surface fitting, generic codebook, image compression, self-organizing feature map, vector quantization.     

Inverse error-diffusion using classified vector quantization

This correspondence extends and modifies classified vector quantization (CVQ) to solve the problem of inverse halftoning. The proposed process consists of two phases: the encoding phase and decoding phase. The encoding procedure needs a codebook for the encoder which transforms a halftoned image to a set of codeword-indices. The decoding process also requires a different codebook for the decoder which reconstructs a gray-scale image from a set of codeword-indices. Using CVQ, the reconstructed gray-scale image is stored in compressed form and no further compression may be required. This is different from the existing algorithms, which reconstructed a halftoned image in an uncompressed form. The bit rate of encoding a reconstructed image is about 0.51 b/pixel.     

VQ-based digital image watermarking method

A vector-quantisation (VQ)-based watermarking method is presented which utilises the codebook expansion technique. This method is efficient, provides enhanced security and the watermarked image is robust against the effects of VQ compression. Moreover, the watermark extraction can be performed without the original image. Experimental results are presented which demonstrate the effectiveness of this algorithm.     

一种新的低功耗图像及视频编解码算法

提出一种新的低功耗图像及视频编解码算法。该算法主要基于矢量量化,认为编码算法的质量和功耗地码本尺寸的大小,通过采用小尺寸码本,降低算法所需要的内存数量,从而降低功耗。编码时,利用分形理论中的同构变换计算虚拟码本,弥补由于采用小码本造成的图像质量损失,并使编码过程较少依赖于码本内存。编解码结果与全搜索型矢量量化算法相比,在不损失图像质量的前提下,可以极大地降低编解码功耗。     

A vector quantizer with minimum visible distortion

A method for designing codebooks for vector quantization (VQ) based on minimum error visibility in a reconstructed picture is described. The method uses objective measurements to define visibility for the picture being coded. The proposed VQ is switched type, i.e., the codebook is divided into subcodebooks, each of which is related to a given subrange of error visibility. Codebook optimization is carried out on the basis of a particular definition of visible distortion of the reconstructed image. Subjective judgment of the test results, carried out at 0.5 b/pel bit rate, indicates that the proposed VQ enables low-distortion images to be reconstructed even when subcodebooks with a small number of codewords are used, thus reducing the codebook search time to about 10% of that required by a fixed VQ (both inside and outside the training set)     

能区分图像或水印篡改的脆弱水印方案

针对现有脆弱型水印方案不能区分是图像内容还是水印被篡改的问题,提出一种能区分图像或水印篡改的脆弱水印方案.该方案用原始图像高7位的小波低频系数非均匀量化后生成的低频压缩图像作为水印,并用混沌系统对水印进行置乱加密,将安全性得到增强的水印直接嵌入到图像的LSB位;认证时通过差值图像定位图像内容被篡改的位置并指出图像中的水印是否被篡改.理论分析和仿真实验表明:该算法不但能精确定位图像内容被篡改的位置,而且能区分是图像内容被篡改、水印被篡改还是两者同时被篡改.     

MPEG-2压缩域的视频数字水印新算法

视频数字水印技术是当前水印研究中的一个热点.本文提出一种视频数字水印新算法,直接对压缩后的视频数据流进行操作,根据运动矢量的特征值,将水印信息嵌入到运动矢量上,不需要完全解码和再编码过程.所提出的水印算法简单、有效,实现了水印盲检.与嵌入水印前的原视频图像相比,嵌入水印后的视频图像信噪比损失很小.     

一种基于系数关系的小波域盲水印算法

论文提出了一种DWT域基于系数关系的盲提取图像水印算法。对原始图像进行两层小波分解,比较第二层的对角分量与近似分量得到一个逻辑矩阵,将该逻辑矩阵与置乱后的二值水印图像进行对比,根据对比的结果修改第二层的对角分量,使得逻辑矩阵与二值水印信息一致,从而实现了二值水印图像的嵌入。水印的提取实现了盲提取。     

A new facet in robust digital watermarking framework

Generally, in watermarking techniques the size of the watermark is very small when compared to the host image. On the contrary, this is an attempt in which a new facet in watermarking framework is presented where the size of host image is very small when compared to the watermark image. The core idea of the proposed technique is to first scale up the size of host image equal to the size of watermark using chaotic map and Hessenberg decomposition followed by the redundant wavelet transform. A meaningful gray scale watermark is embedded in the low frequency sub-band at the finest level using singular value decomposition. To prevent ambiguity and enhance the security, a binary watermark is also embedded in loss-less manner which ensures the authenticity of the watermarked image. Finally, a reliable watermark extraction scheme is developed for extracting both the watermarks. The experimental results demonstrate better visual imperceptibility and resiliency of the proposed scheme against intentional or un-intentional variety of attacks.     

Optimization of requantization codebook for vector quantization.

Requantization is a key technology for reducing the bit rate of a previously compressed data. When recompression ratio is high, the requantizer may cause unacceptable quality degradation. To improve the quality of the requantized image, an optimization scheme for the requantization codebook has been proposed. The proposed scheme constructs an optimal requantization codebook in an iterative manner for a given original quantization codebook of transmitter. The construction of codebook is iteratively repeated until they reach a local optimum solution. Our approach can be applied not only to the scalar quantization, but to any method which employs vector quantization-based system. Simulation results show that the optimized system based on the proposed algorithm outperforms the conventional system which is made without consideration of requantization. The proposed algorithm enables a reliable image communication over heterogeneous networks.     

一种基于压缩感知的数字图像水印算法

根据压缩感知具有压缩短、解码复杂和鲁棒性强的特征,提出一种新的基于压缩感知的数字图像水印算法。该算法有效克服了信号重建时稀疏度未知的问题,增强了数字水印系统的抗提取防破坏能力。在嵌入水印时,将水印的高频系数用构造的伯努利矩阵进行观测后,嵌入于图像的低频系数中;在提取水印时,利用正则化自适应匹配追踪(RAMP)算法对高频系数进行恢复,最后与低频系数结合实现水印的重构。实验结果表明:该算法在重构精度和重构时间上要高于同类算法,具有很好的鲁棒性、透明性和安全性。     

一种广义差值扩展可逆水印算法

可逆水印中常用的位置图既占用空间,又消耗大量的计算成本进行压缩处理。本文针对此不足,提出了一种不使用位置图的大容量可逆水印算法。它将宿主图像分成2×2大小的像素块;计算各分块的近似平滑度值,该值在水印嵌入前后保持不变;将所有分块按平滑度值进行排序;根据水印信息量,依序选取适当数目的分块,利用广义差值扩展法嵌入水印。实验结果表明在同等PNSR下,该算法的水印嵌入量高于常见的一些算法。     

一种基于可视密码的轮廓小波图像零水印方案

为了实现数字图像的版权保护,提出了一种基于可视密码的零水印方案.该方案首先实现了一种轮廓小波变换(CWT)的多尺度几何分析方法,然后通过在变换域能量最高的中频子带适当选取系数,结合预定义的可视密码码书,将二值水印图像藏匿于两个分享中,从而构造出零水印信号.实验结果表明,该方案不仅能在不改变原始图像的情况下实现版权保护,而且鲁棒性强,能抵抗JPEG压缩、剪切、加噪、锐化及旋转等图像处理攻击.     

Trade-Off Analysis of a Low-Power Image Coding Algorithm

In this paper, a novel algorithm for low-power image coding and decoding is presented and the various inherent trade-offs are described and investigated in detail. The algorithm reduces the memory requirements of vector quantization, i.e., the size of memory required for the codebook and the number of memory accesses by using small codebooks. This significantly reduces the memory-related power consumption, which is an important part of the total power budget. To compensate for the loss of quality introduced by the small codebook size, simple transformations are applied on the codewords during coding. Thus, small codebooks are extended through computations and the main coding task becomes computation-based rather than memory-based. Each image block is encoded by a codeword index and a set of transformation parameters. The algorithm leads to power savings of a factor of 10 in coding and of a factor of 3 in decoding, at least in comparison to classical full-search vector quantization. In terms of SNR, the image quality is better than or comparable to that corresponding to full-search vector quantization, depending on the size of the codebook that is used. The main disadvantage of the proposed algorithm is the decrease of the compression ratio in comparison to vector quantization. The trade-off between image quality and power consumption is dominant in this algorithm and is mainly determined by the size of the codebook.     

彩色数字水印嵌入技术

本文提出一种将彩色数字水印嵌入到灰度级图像中的方法.利用静态图像的压缩编码技术,将彩色数字水印编码为一系列二值ID数字,以实现水印的嵌入.由于水印的嵌入过程是基于原始图像的离散余弦变换(DCT)系数之间的关系,所以水印的提取不需要原始图像.实验结果表明本文提出的数字水印技术,经某些图像处理操作和有损压缩后仍是鲁棒的.     

Digital image watermarking technique based on vector quantisation

A digital image watermarking technique based on vector quantisation (VQ) is presented. This technique uses codeword indices to carry the watermark information. The technique is secret and efficient: the watermarked image is robust to VQ compression with the same codebook. The simulation results prove the effectiveness of this technique     

Combined techniques of singular value decomposition and vectorquantization for image coding

The combination of singular value decomposition (SVD) and vector quantization (VQ) is proposed as a compression technique to achieve low bit rate and high quality image coding. Given a codebook consisting of singular vectors, two algorithms, which find the best-fit candidates without involving the complicated SVD computation, are described. Simulation results show that the proposed methods are better than the discrete cosine transform (DCT) in terms of energy compaction, data rate, image quality, and decoding complexity.     

基于最低有效位的量子图像水印

利用最低有效位的思想,提出了一个量子图像水印方案。在该方案中,嵌入者通过置换载体图像灰度值的某一个比特把水印图像嵌入到量子载体图像的某些像素中,这些像素由一个私钥决定。只有拥有这个私钥的版权者才可以在不知道初始载体图像的前提下提取出水印信息。分别设计了嵌入和提取算法的量子电路图,并给出了该水印算法的计算机仿真。通过比较嵌入载体图像和初始载体图像之间的峰值信噪比,说明提出的水印方案实现了不可见性。实验结果也表明,提出的水印方案具有良好的可伸缩性。