Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion

A robust halftone image watermarking method was proposed.The method was developed in parity domain based on pixel block.Especially,the parity sum of a pixel block was defined by comparing the average of the pixel block with an image-dependent threshold.By altering the pixel block's parity based...

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Main Authors: Kun XIE, Hai-hong ZHENG, Ping ZENG, Tao GUO
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Language:zho
Published: Editorial Department of Journal on Communications 2014-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.joconline.com.cn/zh/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1000-436x.2014.12.018/
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author Kun XIE
Hai-hong ZHENG
Ping ZENG
Tao GUO
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description A robust halftone image watermarking method was proposed.The method was developed in parity domain based on pixel block.Especially,the parity sum of a pixel block was defined by comparing the average of the pixel block with an image-dependent threshold.By altering the pixel block's parity based on noise-balanced block error diffusion,watermark was spread into the host image.Watermark was retrieved by employing each pixel block's parity and majority voting strategy,not referring to the original image.Compared with the state-of-the-art method in parity domain,the re-sults indicate that the proposed method has high watermark rate and watermark rate flexibility.Moreover,it is capable of extracting watermark directly from the attacked watermarked image without quantizing it into a halftone image.And it can achieve high robustness against common attacks and print-and-scan attack of different types of printers and scanners.
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spelling doaj-art-740a98d6067e4907a2f93d074639acb92025-01-14T06:44:39ZzhoEditorial Department of Journal on CommunicationsTongxin xuebao1000-436X2014-12-013515316159687704Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusionKun XIEHai-hong ZHENGPing ZENGTao GUOA robust halftone image watermarking method was proposed.The method was developed in parity domain based on pixel block.Especially,the parity sum of a pixel block was defined by comparing the average of the pixel block with an image-dependent threshold.By altering the pixel block's parity based on noise-balanced block error diffusion,watermark was spread into the host image.Watermark was retrieved by employing each pixel block's parity and majority voting strategy,not referring to the original image.Compared with the state-of-the-art method in parity domain,the re-sults indicate that the proposed method has high watermark rate and watermark rate flexibility.Moreover,it is capable of extracting watermark directly from the attacked watermarked image without quantizing it into a halftone image.And it can achieve high robustness against common attacks and print-and-scan attack of different types of printers and scanners.http://www.joconline.com.cn/zh/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1000-436x.2014.12.018/halftone imagewatermarkingparity-matchblock error diffusion
spellingShingle Kun XIE
Hai-hong ZHENG
Ping ZENG
Tao GUO
Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion
Tongxin xuebao
halftone image
watermarking
parity-match
block error diffusion
title Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion
title_full Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion
title_fullStr Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion
title_full_unstemmed Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion
title_short Halftone image watermarking with block-directed parity-matched error diffusion
title_sort halftone image watermarking with block directed parity matched error diffusion
topic halftone image
watermarking
parity-match
block error diffusion
url http://www.joconline.com.cn/zh/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1000-436x.2014.12.018/
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