Novel watermarking technique based on the generalized squared interpoint distance for image copyright protection applications

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Al Otum, Hazem Munawer ^a   Qasaimeh, Omar ^a,b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; COLOR IMAGES; HOST IMAGES; IMAGE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION; IMAGE WATERMARKING; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION; INTERPOINT DISTANCE; SPREAD SPECTRA; SUB-BANDS; WATERMARK BITS; WATERMARK EMBEDDING PROCESS; WATERMARKING SCHEMES; WATERMARKING TECHNIQUES; WAVELET DOMAIN; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

COPYRIGHTS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WAVELET DECOMPOSITION;

WATERMARKING;

EID: 80055047838     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3624490     Document Type: Article

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