Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding
Invertible color-to-gray algorithms are good alternatives for protecting color images in storage, transmission, or limited-access environments. These approaches hide color information in a gray-scale version of an image. Thus, illegal recovery of the original color becomes a challenging task, and on...
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| author | Eduardo Fragoso-Navarro Francisco Garcia-Ugalde Manuel Cedillo-Hernandez |
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| description | Invertible color-to-gray algorithms are good alternatives for protecting color images in storage, transmission, or limited-access environments. These approaches hide color information in a gray-scale version of an image. Thus, illegal recovery of the original color becomes a challenging task, and only authorized users can restore the colorized image. However, although the color is protected, the original structure of the image remains vulnerable to illegal usage. In this paper, we present a reversible distortion of the protected gray-scale image to make illegal reconstruction more difficult. In addition, we preserve the general visibility of the original content. Furthermore, a visible imperceptible watermark is embedded to protect ownership of the colorized image in public access. The watermark remains imperceptible in the colorized image and reveals the logo of the owner when the image is protected. We propose different levels of distortions obtaining mean PSNR qualities between 14.74 dB and 32.92 dB with respect to a reference gray-scale image. Furthermore, the mean PSNR quality of the colorized images remains between 38.87 dB and 41.55 dB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3611a87f67f041ca9cd87e1a936dfcb22023-06-23T23:00:43ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111610256104810.1109/ACCESS.2023.328686510154034Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data HidingEduardo Fragoso-Navarro0Francisco Garcia-Ugalde1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-2190Manuel Cedillo-Hernandez2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9149-9841Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, Mexico City, MexicoFacultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacán, Mexico City, MexicoEscuela Superior de Ingenieria Mecanica y Electrica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Coyoacán, Mexico City, MexicoInvertible color-to-gray algorithms are good alternatives for protecting color images in storage, transmission, or limited-access environments. These approaches hide color information in a gray-scale version of an image. Thus, illegal recovery of the original color becomes a challenging task, and only authorized users can restore the colorized image. However, although the color is protected, the original structure of the image remains vulnerable to illegal usage. In this paper, we present a reversible distortion of the protected gray-scale image to make illegal reconstruction more difficult. In addition, we preserve the general visibility of the original content. Furthermore, a visible imperceptible watermark is embedded to protect ownership of the colorized image in public access. The watermark remains imperceptible in the colorized image and reveals the logo of the owner when the image is protected. We propose different levels of distortions obtaining mean PSNR qualities between 14.74 dB and 32.92 dB with respect to a reference gray-scale image. Furthermore, the mean PSNR quality of the colorized images remains between 38.87 dB and 41.55 dB.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10154034/Colorizationcontrast enhancementimage distributionimage protectioninvertible color-to-grayreversible data hiding |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Fragoso-Navarro Francisco Garcia-Ugalde Manuel Cedillo-Hernandez Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding IEEE Access Colorization contrast enhancement image distribution image protection invertible color-to-gray reversible data hiding |
| title | Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding |
| title_full | Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding |
| title_fullStr | Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding |
| title_short | Protecting the Distribution of Color Images via Inverse Colorization, Visible-Imperceptible Watermarking and Reversible Data Hiding |
| title_sort | protecting the distribution of color images via inverse colorization visible imperceptible watermarking and reversible data hiding |
| topic | Colorization contrast enhancement image distribution image protection invertible color-to-gray reversible data hiding |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10154034/ |
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