TY - GEN
T1 - A Robust Image Watermarking Technique Using Multi-DW-DCT Scheme
AU - Tarmissi, Khaled
AU - Shalan, Atef
AU - Alshareef, Ameera A.
AU - Alotaibi, Saud S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - There is a present need for high-quality, robust, and effective watermarking methods, due to the increasingly rapid utilization and general growth of digital data on the internet. Digital multimedia data such as images, video, and audio can be secured using watermarking techniques. Digital watermarking plays a critical role in defending against multimedia piracy, which can be defined as the illegal copying of such media. The watermark is embedded in a piece of multimedia content, comprises confidential information related to ownership, origin, and copy control, and is responsible for issues related to imperceptibility and robustness. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for digital watermarking, the basis of which is a multi-level numerical analysis technique using discrete wavelets and a discrete cosine transform (DW-DCT) scheme. The variable visibility factor is employed to embed watermarks of the host image with low-frequency components. We also test our watermarking algorithm performance using the Peak-Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (PSNR) parameters as a benchmark. Our results show that with a 0.010 visibility factor, the PSNR is 41.766 dB when using DWT, whereas it reached 44.839 dB with the proposed method.
AB - There is a present need for high-quality, robust, and effective watermarking methods, due to the increasingly rapid utilization and general growth of digital data on the internet. Digital multimedia data such as images, video, and audio can be secured using watermarking techniques. Digital watermarking plays a critical role in defending against multimedia piracy, which can be defined as the illegal copying of such media. The watermark is embedded in a piece of multimedia content, comprises confidential information related to ownership, origin, and copy control, and is responsible for issues related to imperceptibility and robustness. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for digital watermarking, the basis of which is a multi-level numerical analysis technique using discrete wavelets and a discrete cosine transform (DW-DCT) scheme. The variable visibility factor is employed to embed watermarks of the host image with low-frequency components. We also test our watermarking algorithm performance using the Peak-Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (PSNR) parameters as a benchmark. Our results show that with a 0.010 visibility factor, the PSNR is 41.766 dB when using DWT, whereas it reached 44.839 dB with the proposed method.
KW - Digital watermarking
KW - Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)
KW - Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT)
KW - Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR)
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U2 - 10.1109/BCD54882.2022.9900697
DO - 10.1109/BCD54882.2022.9900697
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85141378604
T3 - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE/ACIS 7th International Conference on Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Data Science, BCD 2022
SP - 155
EP - 160
BT - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE/ACIS 7th International Conference on Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Data Science, BCD 2022
A2 - Trong, Van Hung
A2 - Park, Jongwoo
A2 - Thao, Vo Thi Thanh
A2 - Kim, Jongbae
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Data Science, BCD 2022
Y2 - 4 August 2022 through 6 August 2022
ER -