A Novel Block-based Watermarking Scheme Using the SVD Transform

In this paper, a block-based watermarking scheme based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) is proposed. Our watermark, a pseudo-random Gaussian sequence, is embedded by modifying the angles formed by the right singular vectors of each block of the original image. The orthogonality property of...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Basso, Davide Cavagnino, Francesco Bergadano, Annamaria Vernone, Victor Pomponiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-01-01
Series:Algorithms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/2/1/46/
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Summary:In this paper, a block-based watermarking scheme based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) is proposed. Our watermark, a pseudo-random Gaussian sequence, is embedded by modifying the angles formed by the right singular vectors of each block of the original image. The orthogonality property of the right singular vector matrix is preserved during the embedding process. Several experiments have been carried out to test the performance of the proposed scheme against different attack scenarios. We conclude that the proposed scheme is resistant against common signal processing operations and attacks, while it preserves the quality of the original image.
ISSN:1999-4893