Blind Watermarking using QIM and the Quantized SVD Domain based on the q-Logarithm Function

Ta Minh Thanh, Keisuke Tanaka

2015

Abstract

We propose new image blind watermarking by using both the quantization index modulation (QIM) technique and the quantized singular value decomposition (SVD) domain based on the q-logarithm function. In order to reduce the distortion of the embedded image, we employ the q-logarithm transform on the Y component of the original image after performing the SVD domain. We call this domain the q-SVD domain. In our proposed method, the tradeoff of robustness and quality can be controlled by a predefined quantization coefficient Q of QIM and a parameter q of the q-SVD domain. Several experiments are conducted to show the robustness of our proposed method against processing attacks and geometric attacks.

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Thanh T. and Tanaka K. (2015). Blind Watermarking using QIM and the Quantized SVD Domain based on the q-Logarithm Function . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-091-8, pages 14-25. DOI: 10.5220/0005291900140025


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@conference{visapp15,
author={Ta Minh Thanh and Keisuke Tanaka},
title={Blind Watermarking using QIM and the Quantized SVD Domain based on the q-Logarithm Function},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={14-25},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005291900140025},
isbn={978-989-758-091-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 3: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2015)
TI - Blind Watermarking using QIM and the Quantized SVD Domain based on the q-Logarithm Function
SN - 978-989-758-091-8
AU - Thanh T.
AU - Tanaka K.
PY - 2015
SP - 14
EP - 25
DO - 10.5220/0005291900140025