Improving the Watermarking Process with Usage of Block Error-Correcting Codes

Berger, Thierry, and Todorov, Todor. "Improving the Watermarking Process with Usage of Block Error-Correcting Codes." Serdica Journal of Computing 2.2 (2008): 163-180. <http://eudml.org/doc/11460>.

@article{Berger2008,
abstract = {The emergence of digital imaging and of digital networks has made duplication of original artwork easier. Watermarking techniques, also referred to as digital signature, sign images by introducing changes that are imperceptible to the human eye but easily recoverable by a computer program. Usage of error correcting codes is one of the good choices in order to correct possible errors when extracting the signature. In this paper, we present a scheme of error correction based on a combination of Reed-Solomon codes and another optimal linear code as inner code. We have investigated the strength of the noise that this scheme is steady to for a fixed capacity of the image and various lengths of the signature. Finally, we compare our results with other error correcting techniques that are used in watermarking. We have also created a computer program for image watermarking that uses the newly presented scheme for error correction.},
author = {Berger, Thierry, Todorov, Todor},
journal = {Serdica Journal of Computing},
keywords = {Watermarking; Error-Correcting Codes; Reed-Solomon Codes; Software for Watermarking},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {163-180},
publisher = {Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences},
title = {Improving the Watermarking Process with Usage of Block Error-Correcting Codes},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/11460},
volume = {2},
year = {2008},
}

TY - JOUR
AU - Berger, Thierry
AU - Todorov, Todor
TI - Improving the Watermarking Process with Usage of Block Error-Correcting Codes
JO - Serdica Journal of Computing
PY - 2008
PB - Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
VL - 2
IS - 2
SP - 163
EP - 180
AB - The emergence of digital imaging and of digital networks has made duplication of original artwork easier. Watermarking techniques, also referred to as digital signature, sign images by introducing changes that are imperceptible to the human eye but easily recoverable by a computer program. Usage of error correcting codes is one of the good choices in order to correct possible errors when extracting the signature. In this paper, we present a scheme of error correction based on a combination of Reed-Solomon codes and another optimal linear code as inner code. We have investigated the strength of the noise that this scheme is steady to for a fixed capacity of the image and various lengths of the signature. Finally, we compare our results with other error correcting techniques that are used in watermarking. We have also created a computer program for image watermarking that uses the newly presented scheme for error correction.
LA - eng
KW - Watermarking; Error-Correcting Codes; Reed-Solomon Codes; Software for Watermarking
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/11460
ER -