Multimedia watermarking techniques

Author

Hartung, Frank ; Kutter, Martin

Volume

87

Issue

7

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1079

Lastpage

1107

Abstract

Multimedia watermarking technology has evolved very quickly during the last few years. A digital watermark is information that is imperceptibly and robustly embedded in the host data such that it cannot be removed. A watermark typically contains information about the origin, status, or recipient of the host data. In this tutorial paper, the requirements and applications for watermarking are reviewed. Applications include copyright protection, data monitoring, and data tracking. The basic concepts of watermarking systems are outlined and illustrated with proposed watermarking methods for images, video, audio, text documents, and other media. Robustness and security aspects are discussed in detail. Finally, a few remarks are made about the state of the art and possible future developments in watermarking technology

Keywords

copy protection; copyright; image processing; multimedia systems; security of data; audio; copyright protection; data monitoring; data tracking; digital watermark; embedded information; host dat recipient information; host data origin information; host data status information; images; multimedia watermarking techniques; robustness; security; text documents; video; Copyright protection; Data security; Intellectual property; Laboratories; Monitoring; Multimedia communication; Paper technology; Radio broadcasting; Robustness; Watermarking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.771066

Filename

771066