Title :
A blind spread spectrum wavelet based image watermarking algorithm
Author :
Abdallah, Hanaa A. ; Hadhoud, Mohiy M. ; Shaalan, Abdalhameed A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Zagazig Univ., Zagazig, Egypt
Abstract :
In this paper, A quantization based method for digital image watermarking is presented here. This method is based on inserting a watermark bit into the coarsest scale wavelet coefficients. A three level image decomposition is used in the paper. This watermarking technique is blind requiring neither the original image nor any side information in the watermark recovery process. It is computationally efficient. Experimental results show the superiority of the proposed watermarking techniques to the traditional wavelet based watermarking techniques.
Keywords :
image coding; spread spectrum communication; watermarking; wavelet transforms; blind spread spectrum; digital image watermarking algorithm; image decomposition; quantization; wavelet transform; Data security; Digital images; Discrete wavelet transforms; Image decomposition; Noise robustness; Quantization; Spread spectrum communication; Watermarking; Wavelet coefficients; Wavelet transforms; Digital Image Watermarking; Wavelet Transform;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Engineering & Systems, 2009. ICCES 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5842-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5843-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCES.2009.5383274