David Coumou

Abstract

The watermarking system proposed in this paper offers an expert system technique to help solve the ownership claim on digital images. The watermarking system is based on fuzzy logic and was designed with the intent of embedding watermark features such that they are undetectable to the human visual system. To achieve this objective, the development and design of the watermarking scheme was targeted to utilize three of the five perceptual holes of the human visual system: intensity resolution, intensity sensitivity and spatial masking. Basing the design on these characteristics, the resulting watermarking scheme proved to be resilient to several image processing techniques that are typical for the accidental attack process. The results of the evaluation of the accidental attacks are compared to another spatial watermarking technique. The evaluation of the embedded watermark was subjected to a limited sample of human visual system observers.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Watermarks--Technological innovations; Marks of origin--Technological innovations; Image processing--Digital techniques; Expert systems (Computer science); Copyright and electronic data processing; Data protection

Publication Date

6-1-2000

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Electrical Engineering (KGCOE)

Advisor

Mathew, Athimoottil

Advisor/Committee Member

Dianat, Sohail

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: QA76.9.A25 C68 2000

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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