A new filtering method for RST invariant image watermarking

Based on log-polar mapping, this paper presents a new filtering method. We compare our new filtering method with the classical matched filter, phase-only filter, binary phase-only filter, amplitude-only filter, and inverse filter. We found that our new method is the only one that is robust against rotation, scaling, and translation (RST) transformation. We use the filtering method in our new rotation, scaling, and translation (RST) invariant digital image watermarking scheme, to rectify the watermark position. The watermarking scheme does not need the original image to extract watermark and avoids exhaustive search. The three-dimensional plots of cross-correlation functions of different filters are presented and discussed.