A robust image watermarking technique based on quantization noise visibility thresholds

Signal Processing

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1363-1383

  Autrusseau, Florent ^a   Le Callet, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Geometrical distortions; Image watermarking; Perceptual model; Quantization noise; Visibility thresholds

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

GEOMETRICAL DISTORTIONS; IMAGE WATERMARKING; PERCEPTUAL MODEL; QUANTIZATION NOISE; VISIBILITY THRESHOLDS;

DIGITAL WATERMARKING;

EID: 33847111208     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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