Image watermarking based on an iterative phase retrieval algorithm and sine-cosine modulation in the discrete-cosine-transform domain

A novel digital image watermarking system based on an iterative phase retrieval algorithm and sine-cosine modulation in the discrete-cosine-transform (DCT) domain is proposed. The original hidden image is first encrypted into two phase masks. Then the cosine and sine functions of one of the phase masks are introduced as a watermark to be embedded into an enlarged host image in the DCT domain. By extracting the watermark of the enlarged superposed image and decryption we can retrieve the hidden image. The feasibility of this method and its robustness against some attacks, such as occlusion, noise attacks, quantization have been verified by computer simulations. This approach can avoid the cross-talk noise due to direct information superposition and enhance the imperceptibility of hidden data.     

A copyright protection watermarking algorithm for remote sensing image based on binary image watermark

As the internet keeping developing, copyright protection of the remote sensing image has become more and more important. This paper designs the algorithm that protects remote sensing image's copyright by using the binary digital watermark technology, and analyzes security and imperceptibility of the algorithm. As the experiment result shows, the algorithm put forward in this paper has better security, imperceptibility and anti-attack robustness, and thus it can meet the requirements in protecting copyright of the digital remote sensing image in an effective manner.     

Robust image encryption by combined use of integral imaging and pixel scrambling techniques

A robust image encryption method by using the integral imaging and pixel scrambling (PS) techniques is proposed. In this method, pixels of the cover image are scrambled with the PS technique and elemental images for this scrambled image are picked up through a lenslet array. Subsequently, an encrypted image is obtained by scrambling these picked-up elemental images. Since this encrypted image has the hologram-like property of data redundancy resulted from the integral imaging scheme, while it can as well be decoded by multiple keys such as the orders of pixel scrambling and the pickup conditions of the elemental images, its security against the various attacks could be dramatically improved. Good experimental results also confirm that the proposed method could provide more enhanced robustness against data loss and Gaussian noises compared to the conventional methods.     

A robust SVD-based image watermarking using a multi-objective particle swarm optimization

The major objective in developing a robust digital watermarking algorithm is to obtain the highest possible robustness without losing the visual imperceptibility. To achieve this objective, we proposed in this paper an optimal image watermarking scheme using multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) and singular value decomposition (SVD) in wavelet domain. Having decomposed the original image into ten sub-bands, singular value decomposition is applied to a chosen detail sub-band. Then, the singular values of the chosen sub-band are modified by multiple scaling factors (MSF) to embed the singular values of watermark image. Various combinations of multiple scaling factors are possible, and it is difficult to obtain optimal solutions. Thus, in order to achieve the highest possible robustness and imperceptibility, multi-objective optimization of the multiple scaling factors is necessary. This work employs particle swarm optimization to obtain optimum multiple scaling factors. Experimental results of the proposed approach show both the significant improvement in term of imperceptibility and robustness under various attacks.     

Visual Secure Image Encryption Scheme Based on Compressed Sensing and Regional Energy

The network security transmission of digital images needs to solve the dual security problems of content and appearance. In this paper, a visually secure image compression and encryption scheme is proposed by combining compressed sensing (CS) and regional energy. The plain image is compressed and encrypted into a secret image by CS and zigzag confusion. Then, according to the regional energy, the secret image is embedded into a carrier image to obtain the final visual secure cipher image. A method of hour hand printing (HHP) scrambling is proposed to increase the pixel irrelevance. Regional energy embedding reduce the damage to the visual quality of carrier image, and the different embedding positions between images greatly enhances the security of the encryption algorithm. Furthermore, the hyperchaotic multi-character system (MCS) is utilized to construct measurement matrix and control pixels. Simulation results and security analyses demonstrate the effectiveness, security and robustness of the propose algorithm.     

An algorithm for encryption of secret images into meaningful images

Image encryption algorithms typically transform a plain image into a noise-like cipher image, whose appearance is an indication of encrypted content. Bao and Zhou [Image encryption: Generating visually meaningful encrypted images, Information Sciences 324, 2015] propose encrypting the plain image into a visually meaningful cover image. This improves security by masking existence of encrypted content. Following their approach, we propose a lossless visually meaningful image encryption scheme which improves Bao and Zhou's algorithm by making the encrypted content, i.e. distortions to the cover image, more difficult to detect. Empirical results are presented to show high quality of the resulting images and high security of the proposed algorithm. Competence of the proposed scheme is further demonstrated by means of comparison with Bao and Zhou's scheme.     

Ghost imaging-based optical cryptosystem for multiple images using integral property of the Fourier transform

A novel ghost imaging-based optical cryptosystem for multiple images using the integral property of the Fourier transform is proposed. Different from other multiple-image encryption schemes, we mainly construct the modulation patterns related to the plaintext images to realize the encrypted transmission of multiple images. In encryption process, the first image is encrypted by the ghost imaging encryption scheme, and the intensity sequence obtained by the bucket detector is used as the ciphertext. Then modulation patterns of other images are constructed by using the integral property of the Fourier transform and used as the keys. Finally, the ciphertext and keys are transmitted to the receiver to complete the encryption process. During decryption, the receiver uses different keys to decrypt the ciphertext and gets different plaintext images, and decrypted images have no image aliasing problem. Experiments and simulations verify the feasibility, security, and robustness of the proposed scheme. This scheme has high scalability and broad application prospect, which provides a new idea for optical information encryption.     

基于相息图和小波变换的数字水印

提出一种基于相息图和小波变换的数字水印方案。利用迭代相位恢复算法将水印图像编码为相息图, 然后将经权重因子调制后的相息图嵌入到宿主图像的三层小波低频系数中, 完成整个水印嵌入过程。在水印提取阶段, 对宿主图像和含水印图像进行三层小波分解, 将得到的低频系数对应相减提取出水印相息图, 然后对此相息图进行傅里叶变换操作, 取其振幅即可提取原始嵌入的水印图像。针对不同权重因子的水印系统, 详细分析和讨论了所提出水印方案的隐蔽性和稳健性。计算机仿真结果验证了该数字水印方案的可行性。     

A robust image watermarking technique using SVD and differential evolution in DCT domain

In this paper we applied differential evolution (DE) algorithm to balance the tradeoff between robustness and imperceptibility by exploring multiple scaling factors in image watermarking. First of all, the original image is partitioned into blocks and the blocks are transformed into Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) domain. The DC coefficients from each block are collected to construct a low-resolution approximation image and apply Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) on this approximation image. After that watermark is embedded by modifying singular values with the singular values of the watermark. The role of DE algorithm is to identify the best multiple scaling factors for embedding process in order to achieve the best performance in terms of robustness without compromising with the quality of the image. To enhance the security, watermark is scrambled by Arnold transform before embedding. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme maintains a satisfactory image quality and watermark can still be identified from a seriously distorted image.     

Gray images embedded in a color image and encrypted with FRFT and Region Shift Encoding methods

In this paper, we have proposed a new multiple image encryption and watermarking technique. Several gray images can be watermarked in the three channels of an enlarged color image. The neighbor pixel value addition and subtraction algorithm is used to realize blind watermarking, therefore the original host color image does not need in extraction the watermark image. The gray images are encrypted with FRFT and Region Shift Encoding techniques before hiding to enhance the security. The robustness against occlusion attacks and noise attacks are also analyzed. And some computer simulations are presented to verify the possibility.     

基于扩频技术联合小波算法的安全通信方案设计

在信息化技术高度发达的今天,为了适应变化莫测的战场环境对于安全信息通信的高要求,文章在研究探讨水印嵌入检测技术的基础上,利用秘钥产生的扩频码调制水印信息,紧接着通过小波变换对调制后的水印进行信息嵌入操作,而在接收端采用相反的操作对加密信息进行计算机检测后解调恢复,实现信息的隐秘传输。通过实验仿真证明了所提方案可以有效实现对信息的隐蔽传输,其具有很好的安全性,同时对于剪裁攻击具有一定的鲁棒性。     

Designing a genetic watermarking approach for 3D scenes

A new watermarking algorithm based on genetic algorithm (GA) in the transform domain is proposed. Unlike the existing computer-generated integral imaging based watermarking methods, the proposed method utilizes GA searching to the optimized transform domain to serve as a trade-off for watermark embedding. In this paper, 3D scene to be captured by using a virtual pinhole array and be computationally recorded as an elemental image array (EIA), watermarking with GA optimization and computer-generated holography is implemented. In the proposed GA optimization process, we utilize the fitness function to improve the visual quality of watermarked images and the robustness. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm yields a holographic watermark that is imperceptibility to human eyes and robust to standard watermarking attacks. A comparison of the proposed watermarking method to the existing similar watermarking methods demonstrated that the proposed method generally outperforms completing methods in terms of imperceptibility and robustness.     

Best tree wavelet packet transform based copyright protection scheme for digital images

In this paper, a dual watermarking scheme based on discrete wavelet transform (DWT), wavelet packet transform (WPT) with best tree, and singular value decomposition (SVD) is proposed. In our algorithm, the cover image is sub-sampled into four sub-images and then two sub-images, having the highest sum of singular values are selected. Two different gray scale images are embedded in the selected sub-images. For embedding first watermark, one of the selected sub-image is decomposed via WPT. The entropy based algorithm is adopted to find the best tree of WPT. Watermark is embedded in all frequency sub-bands of the best tree. For embedding second watermark, l-level discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is performed on the second selected sub-image. The watermark is embedded by modifying the singular values of the transformed image. To enhance the security of the scheme, Zig-Zag scan in applied on the second watermark before embedding. The robustness of the proposed scheme is demonstrated through a series of attack simulations. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme has good perceptual invisibility and is also robust against various image processing operations, geometric attacks and JPEG Compression.     

基于数字全息及离散余弦变换的图像数字水印技术

提出了一种以数字全息和离散余弦变换为基础的数字水印技术,实现了在原始图像中嵌入数字全息水印。考虑到数字全息图的不可撕毁性,使得数字全息水印本身就具有良好的抗剪切能力,并且与传统的二维灰度水印相比嵌入的信息更多。数字全息图通过傅里叶变换全息的方法获得,为了提高抗有损压缩能力,在数字全息水印嵌入过程中采用了基于(JPEG模型和分解离散余弦变换(DCT)系数的方法。实验表明,通过该算法获得的数字全息水印对JPEG有损压缩和剪切等图像处理操作均有很好的稳健性,并且采用密钥加强了水印的安全性。因此该算法能成为数字多媒体产品版权保护的有效方案。     

三维物体多重菲涅耳计算全息水印与无干扰可控重建方法

提出了一种基于三维物体的多重菲涅耳计算全息水印方法.将水印信号作为虚拟三维物体的层面,首先结合分区复用层析法和菲涅耳双随机相位编码方法产生复噪声形式的水印信号;然后对水印信号的频谱作共轭对称处理实现实值编码;为减小对宿主全息图数字重建的影响,将水印信号的频谱设置于对宿主数字重建影响小的频谱非感兴趣区域;编码后的信号以一定强度叠加于宿主全息图,水印信号恢复无需原始宿主全息图信息,可实现盲提取,对宿主全息图重建像面的二维码可扫描识别.仿真测试结果表明,所提出的方法具有较好的透明性和稳健性,在宿主全息图遭受滤波、JPEG(联合图像专家小组)压缩、高斯噪声、剪切、旋转等各种攻击的情况下,不论对宿主还是水印信号仍具有良好的数字重建质量,对重建像面的二维码仍可扫描识别;而重建像面水印信号的无干扰可控重建后处理操作解决了不同层面水印信号之间的衍射干扰问题,提高了水印信号的重建质量.虚拟光学手段的应用丰富了水印信号设计方法并提升了算法的安全性.     

Double image encryption based on linear blend operation and random phase encoding in fractional Fourier domain

A novel method for double image encryption is proposed by using linear blend operation and double-random phase encoding (DRPE) in the fractional Fourier domain. In the linear blend operation, a random orthogonal matrix is defined to linearly recombined pixel values of two original images. The resultant blended images are employed to constitute a complex-valued image, which is encrypted into an encrypted image with stationary white distribution by the DRPE in the fractional Fourier domain. The primitive images can be exactly recovered by applying correct keys with fractional orders, random phase masks and random angle function that is used in linear blend operation. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed scheme has considerably high security level and certain robustness against data loss and noise disturbance.     

A novel three-dimensional digital watermarking scheme basing on integral imaging

A novel integral imaging-based three-dimensional (3D) digital watermarking scheme is presented. In the proposed method, an elemental image array (EIA) obtained by recording the rays coming from a 3D object through a pinhole array in the integral imaging system is employed as a new 3D watermark. The EIA is composed of a number of small elemental images having their own perspectives of a 3D object, and from this recorded EIA various depth-dependent 3D object images can be reconstructed by using the computational integral imaging reconstruction (CIIR) technique. This 3D property of the EIA watermark can make a robust reconstruction of the watermark image available even though there are some data losses in the embedded watermark by attacks. To show the robustness of the proposed scheme against attacks, some experiments are carried out and the results are discussed.     

A robust security framework for 3D images

Abstract  

Three-dimensional (3D) visualization of spatial and non-spatial data is a well-established practice having numerous applications. The cheapest and the most efficient way to 3D visualization is 3D images/Anaglyphs. 3D images contain 3D information of the objects present in the image. These images are easily obtained by superimposing left and right eye images in different color in a single image. In this paper, a novel security framework, viz., watermarking scheme, is presented to ensure their security. The proposed security framework is employed in fractional Fourier transform domain of secret color channel followed by the embedding using singular value decomposition. The secret channels (SEC) are obtained by applying reversible integer transform on the RGB channels. The experimental results prove the robustness and imperceptibility of the proposed watermarking scheme.     

可抵抗JPEG压缩的鲁棒可逆水印

提出一种可用于半脆弱认证的鲁棒可逆水印算法。该算法利用了鲁棒的统计量-图像均值,通过计算相邻两个图像子块均值的差分,根据差分的范围,将差分进行不同程度地平移来嵌入水印;再根据差分的平移量分别调整两个子块的各个像素,以保证算法的可逆性。同时该算法利用分块直方图调整来避免像素的溢出。对常见图像和三类医学图像（CT、超声波、X光图像）进行仿真实验,发现该可逆水印算法对JPEG压缩具有良好的鲁棒性。与Ni的算法相比,该算法具有更好的图像质量。     

Deterministic phase encoding encryption in single shot digital holography

We demonstrate a deterministic phase-encoded encryption system based on the digital holography and adopted a lenticular lens array (LLA) sheet as a phase modulator. In the proposed scheme the holographic patterns of encrypted images are captured digitally by a digital CCD. This work also adopt a novel, simple and effective technique that is used to suppress numerically the major blurring caused by the zero-order image in the numerical reconstruction. The decryption key is acquired as a digital hologram, called the key hologram. Therefore, the retrieval of the original information can be achieved by multiplying the encrypted hologram with a numerical generated phase-encoded wave. The storage and transmission of all holograms can be carried out by all-digital means. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach can be operated in single procedure only and represent the satisfactory decrypted image. Finally, rotating and shifting the LLA is applied to investigate the tolerance of decryption to demonstrate the feasibility in the holographic encryption, as well as can also be used to provide the higher security.