Invisibility and application functionalities in perceptual watermarking an overview

Author

De Vleeschouwer, C. ; Delaigle, Jean-François ; Macq, Benoît

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

90

Issue

1

fYear

2002

fDate

1/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

77

Abstract

Digital watermarking consists of hiding subliminal information into digital media content, also called host data. It can be the basis of many applications, including security and media asset management. In this paper we focus on the imperceptibility requirement for image watermarking. We first provide a functional inventory of image watermarking applications and emphasize the dependency between the application purpose and its need for invisibility. Then, we present a global framework common to most existing watermarking systems. It illustrates the methodology followed to translate human vision research into watermarking technology. It suggests future prospects and highlights the need for dedicated inputs from the human vision community

Keywords

copy protection; data encapsulation; image coding; image colour analysis; reviews; security of data; visual perception; application purpose; copy protection; digital media content; digital watermarking; fingerprinting; fragile watermarks; functional inventory; human vision research; image authentication; image communication; image processing; imperceptibility requirement; invisibility need; perceptual watermarking; security; subliminal information hiding; vision models; visual quality; Data security; Frequency; Humans; Image analysis; Information security; Intellectual property; Protection; Robustness; Visual system; Watermarking;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.982406

Filename

982406