Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics

Protection of digital multimedia content has become an increasingly important issue for content owners and service providers. Watermarking is identified as a major means to achieve copyright protection. This watermarking algorithm is based on the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Watermark componen...

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Main Authors: Nasseer Moyasser Basheer, Shaimaa Salah Abdulsalam
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: College of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosul 2011-12-01
Series:المجلة العراقية للعلوم الاحصائية
Online Access:https://stats.mosuljournals.com/article_27962_8516e942362c279d192f16af16ae0e8b.pdf
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description Protection of digital multimedia content has become an increasingly important issue for content owners and service providers. Watermarking is identified as a major means to achieve copyright protection. This watermarking algorithm is based on the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Watermark components are added to a high frequency subband by considering the human visual system (HVS) characteristics. HVS characteristics are used in this scheme to develop a robust watermarking scheme with a better tradeoff between robustness and imperceptibility. A visual mask based on HVS characteristics is used for calculating the weight factor for each wavelet coefficient of the host image. The proposed scheme was tested against mostly known threats and it proves to give good robustness. Also it still gives a high quality watermarked image. MATLAB Program was used to perform the watermarking task.
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spelling doaj.art-f5cd850c02304b919afcd4004942e2822022-12-22T03:30:08ZaraCollege of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Mosulالمجلة العراقية للعلوم الاحصائية1680-855X2664-29562011-12-0111235136810.33899/iqjoss.2011.2796227962Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS CharacteristicsNasseer Moyasser BasheerShaimaa Salah AbdulsalamProtection of digital multimedia content has become an increasingly important issue for content owners and service providers. Watermarking is identified as a major means to achieve copyright protection. This watermarking algorithm is based on the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Watermark components are added to a high frequency subband by considering the human visual system (HVS) characteristics. HVS characteristics are used in this scheme to develop a robust watermarking scheme with a better tradeoff between robustness and imperceptibility. A visual mask based on HVS characteristics is used for calculating the weight factor for each wavelet coefficient of the host image. The proposed scheme was tested against mostly known threats and it proves to give good robustness. Also it still gives a high quality watermarked image. MATLAB Program was used to perform the watermarking task.https://stats.mosuljournals.com/article_27962_8516e942362c279d192f16af16ae0e8b.pdf
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Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics
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title Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics
title_full Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics
title_fullStr Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics
title_full_unstemmed Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics
title_short Digital Image Watermarking Algorithm in Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain Using HVS Characteristics
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