• DocumentCode
    3593433
  • Title

    Joint halftoning and watermarking

  • Author

    Kacker, Dhiraj ; Allebach, Jan P.

  • Author_Institution
    Shutterfly Inc., Redwood City, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    69
  • Abstract
    A spread spectrum watermarking algorithm for hardcopy imaging applications using a human visual system model based halftoning technique called direct binary search (DBS) is presented. DBS is used to design a halftone that jointly optimizes a human visual system based error metric and correlation watermark detector output. The original image is required for the correlation watermark detector.
  • Keywords
    copy protection; correlation methods; image coding; search problems; security of data; signal detection; spread spectrum communication; visual perception; DCT; HVS based error metric optimisation; continuous-tone image; correlation watermark detector output; direct binary search; halftone design; halftone reproduction; hardcopy imaging applications; human visual system model; joint halftoning; spread spectrum watermarking algorithm; Detectors; Discrete cosine transforms; Humans; Nonlinear distortion; Printing; Robustness; Satellite broadcasting; Spread spectrum communication; Visual system; Watermarking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Image Processing, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1522-4880
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6297-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIP.2000.899228
  • Filename
    899228