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Robust Image Watermarking based on DCT-DWT-SVD Method

by Sneha Jose, Rajesh Cherian Roy, Sreenesh S Nambiar
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 58 - Number 21
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Sneha Jose, Rajesh Cherian Roy, Sreenesh S Nambiar
10.5120/9406-3798

Sneha Jose, Rajesh Cherian Roy, Sreenesh S Nambiar . Robust Image Watermarking based on DCT-DWT-SVD Method. International Journal of Computer Applications. 58, 21 ( November 2012), 12-16. DOI=10.5120/9406-3798

@article{ 10.5120/9406-3798,
author = { Sneha Jose, Rajesh Cherian Roy, Sreenesh S Nambiar },
title = { Robust Image Watermarking based on DCT-DWT-SVD Method },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { November 2012 },
volume = { 58 },
number = { 21 },
month = { November },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 12-16 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume58/number21/9406-3798/ },
doi = { 10.5120/9406-3798 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Sreenesh S Nambiar
%T Robust Image Watermarking based on DCT-DWT-SVD Method
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
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%V 58
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%P 12-16
%D 2012
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Hybrid Image watermarking scheme proposed based on Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)-Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT)-Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). The cover image is reordered before DCT is applied. The DCT coefficients of the reordered image are decomposed into sub bands using DWT. The singular values of the middle sub bands are found and watermark is embedded. Simulation results shows that this method can survive attacks like rotation, cropping, JPEG compression and noising attacks and also can be used for copyright protection of multimedia objects.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Discrete Wavelet transforms Singular Value Decomposition Discrete cosine transform