Title :
Fractal Based Digital Image Watermarking Using Fuzzy C-Mean Clustering
Author :
Kiani, Soheila ; Moghaddam, Mohsen Ebrahimi
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Shahid Beheshti Univ., Tehran
Abstract :
In this paper, a new watermarking method is presented to embed a binary watermark into an image. The proposed method uses a special type of fractal coding that its parameters are contrast scaling and the mean of range block. Also, it utilizes the fuzzy C-mean clustering to address the watermark bits. The experimental results show that the proposed method has high robustness against signal distortion such as JPEG compression, median filter and additive noise.
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; image coding; pattern clustering; watermarking; contrast scaling; digital image watermarking; fractal coding; fuzzy C-mean clustering; range block mean; Additive noise; Block codes; Decoding; Digital images; Filters; Fractals; Image coding; Noise robustness; Transform coding; Watermarking; fractal block coding; fuzzy C-mean clustering; watermarking;
Conference_Titel :
Information Management and Engineering, 2009. ICIME '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3595-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIME.2009.72