Watermarking of three-dimensional objects by digital holography

We present an optical method for information watermarking of three-dimensional (3D) objects by digital holography. A hidden image is embedded by double phase encoding in a phase-shift digital hologram of the 3D object. We decode the watermarked hologram to reconstruct the hidden image and the 3D object. We use either the entire hologram or a part of it to decode the hidden image. Experiments are presented to illustrate the ability to recover both the 3D object and the decoded hidden image. Digital holograms of the 3D object are obtained by optical experiments. The watermarking process, 3D object reconstruction, and hidden image recovery are performed digitally. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of 3D object watermarking by use of a phase encoding technique and digital holography.     

Digital spatially incoherent Fresnel holography

We present a new method for recording digital holograms under incoherent illumination. Light is reflected from a 3D object, propagates through a diffractive optical element (DOE), and is recorded by a digital camera. Three holograms are recorded sequentially, each for a different phase factor of the DOE. The three holograms are superposed in the computer, such that the result is a complex-valued Fresnel hologram. When this hologram is reconstructed in the computer, the 3D properties of the object are revealed.     

Cross-talk free image encryption and watermarking by digital holography and random composition

In previous image watermarking methods an encoded host image and a watermark image are usually directly added, consequently the two images have cross-talk in the decryption step. To eliminate this effect, we propose a novel method based on digital holography, in which all the image pixels of the two sets of holograms resulted from two hidden images are rearranged and integrated into one set of composite holograms with a random scattering matrix (RSM). In decryption the use of this matrix can ensure the exact retrieval of each hologram, and then the perfect reconstruction of each image without cross-talk noise can be achieved. The feasibility of this method and its robustness against occlusion and additional noise are verified by computer simulations with phase-shifting interferometry and double random-phase encoding technique. This approach is suitable for both two- and three-dimensional images, and the additional RSM as a key provides a much higher level of security.     

Computer Generated Rainbow Hologram

The rainbow hologram is very practical to display 3-D images because it can be reconstructed with white light. We propose a simplified model to calculate the computer generated rainbow hologram quickly. In the proposed method, we can simply generate the final hologram from intermediate data, whose total number of samples can be less than one tenth of the final hologram. This intermediate format makes fast computation and effective storage/transmission possible. Only multiple and additional operation need be used to convert the intermediate data to final data. Therefore, it is possible that hardware can be added to an electro-holographic display or printer. In this paper, we discuss both theory of the simplified model and experimental results of white light reconstructed images. Full color holograms are also discussed.     

利用反射全息实现计算全息三维显示

计算全息和光学全息都可应用于三维显示,但各有自己的优势和缺陷.将计算全息和光学反射全息相结合,可以突破光学全息对记录物体的限制,进行虚拟物体或自然场景的全息图的制作,同时可以实现白光再现.本文首先用三维扫描仪获得实际物体的三维数据,用"点云算法"模拟得到其菲涅耳全息图透射率数据,采用计算全息打印机将其输出于全息记录介质,得到可光学再现的菲涅耳计算全息图H1.然后将H1作为光学全息的记录物体进行反射全息记录,将平面全息转化为体全息,实现了计算全息白光再现.     

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.     

A new wavelet-based reconstruction algorithm for twin image removal in digital in-line holography

Two original methods are proposed here for digital in-line hologram processing. Firstly, we propose an entropy-based method to retrieve the focus plane which is very useful for digital hologram reconstruction. Secondly, we introduce a new approach to remove the so-called twin images reconstructed by holograms. This is achieved owing to the Blind Source Separation (BSS) technique. The proposed method is made up of two steps: an Adaptive Quincunx Lifting Scheme (AQLS) and a statistical unmixing algorithm. The AQLS tool is based on wavelet packet transform, whose role is to maximize the sparseness of the input holograms. The unmixing algorithm uses the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) tool. Experimental results confirm the ability of convolutive blind source separation to discard the unwanted twin image from in-line digital holograms.     

Space multiplexing with computer holograms

A normal computer generated hologram does not use all possibilities to encode information. It is therefore possible to enlarge the storage capacity by interlacing several holograms. Such a multiplex hologram contains two or more sub-holograms in the size of a normal computer hologram. Some applications are variable spatial filters or color reconstructions.     

Laser beams with phase singularities

Phase singularities in an optical field appear as isolated dark spots and can be generated in active laser cavities or by computer generated holograms. Detection and categorization of these singularities can easily be achieved either by interferometry or Fourier transform pattern recognition using a computer generated hologram.     

数字合成彩虹全息图

提出了一种利用现代计算机技术制作全息图的新方法。数字彩虹全息图是计算机技术、数字图像处理技术应用到传统的合成全息图制作技术中的一种全息图。把用数码设备采集到的图像或利用计算机生成的图像作为全息拍摄的“物”,突破了传统全息只能拍摄实物的限制,实现了全息图制作的数字化。实验结果表明了该方法的可行性。同时也讨论了该方法的优越性及在实际应用中的重要意义。     

利用数值再现实现彩虹全息色差评价

为了在计算机制彩色彩虹全息图输出之前定量得到再现像的色彩保真度,提出了一种采用数值再现进行色差评价的方法.首先对彩虹全息图进行了频谱分析,得到再现参量与频谱分布之间的关系;然后采用频域滤波算法实现彩色彩虹全息图数值再现,得到再现像的相对功率谱分布;最后采用CIE1976UCS均匀颜色空间对再现像色差情况进行了计算.设计了7个色块并制作了计算机制真彩色彩虹全息图,以金卤射灯作为照明光源进行了光学再现实验,给出实验结果及分析.研究证明了采用数值再现方法实现对计算彩虹全息再现像光谱分布和色差进行计算分析是一种快速经济的方法.     

数字化合成全息图自动记录系统研究

从合成全息术的编码原理出发,采用了液晶空间光调制器、步进电机控制的可移动狭缝和一维移动平台等设备以及计算机数字多媒体技术、软件编程技术设计出一套数字化合成全息自动记录系统。该系统能够改善传统全息图手工制作效率低、操作不准确产生误差等缺陷,提高了合成具有视差、动感、颜色以及不同景深等特殊效果全息图的自动化水平。实际应用该系统合成了含有40幅照片信息的全息图。     

Wavelength-scanning digital interference holography for optical section imaging

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple digital holographic method that allows reconstruction of three-dimensional object images with a narrow depth of focus or axial resolution. A number of holograms are optically generated by use of different wavelengths spaced at regular intervals. The holograms are recorded on a digital camera and reconstructed numerically. Multiwavelength interference of the holograms results in images of the contour plane whose thickness can be made arbitrarily narrow. Objects at different distances from the hologram plane are imaged clearly and independently, with complete suppression of the out-of-focus images. The technique is available only in digital holography and should have useful applications in holographic microscopy.     

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.     

Securing complex and multi-plane data in a lens-less digital holographic information system that uses position-phase-shifting geometry

A digital holographic information system can process complex three-dimensional (3-D) object information. We demonstrate a scheme for securing complex and 3-D information in the context of in-line digital holography. Double random phase encoding in the free-space propagation domain of light is used to secure the complex information. Encrypted in-line digital holograms are recorded using the position-phase-shifting method. The encrypted complex image at the CCD recording plane is retrieved from the real-valued digital holograms, and is used for decryption. The robustness of the method has also been studied for various securing keys used in the method against blind decryption. A layer-by-layer information retrieval from the encrypted digital hologram is also discussed. The method can also be used to secure digital complex information in a virtual optics modality using holographic principles.     

The formation of large scale reconstructed images through the use of holograms

We propose and demonstrate a method which constructs large size multicolor images using a holographic technique in limited spaces, i.e., tunnels. A traffic sign image of the same size and color as an actual traffic sign board is displayed using many comparative small holograms. Each hologram is composed of a single computer generated hologram (CGH). Though it was necessary to make many CGHs, we have shortened the hologram production time by putting a reconstructed image on long distance, and using many reconstruction sources. Moreover, though cross-talk images are caused in a color reconstruction, by adjusting the optical system it is possible to make sure that drivers see only the appropriate image. Many holograms function as one big hologram, and it has been confirmed that a large reconstructed image can be displayed in a limited space.     

半色调编码计算全息图的数字水印方法

提出一种新的基于信息光学的数字水印方法。该方法将水印信息隐藏于半色调编码的计算全息图之中。通过相位复原技术将需隐藏的水印信息编码为相位函数嵌入在复波前中,其振幅定义为宿主图像,通过计算全息记录复波前并对全息图进行半色调编码完成水印信息的嵌入。水印的提取过程只需对含有水印信息的半色调图像进行光学或数字的傅里叶变换即可完成。并给出了算法有效性的理论分析和仿真实验结果。结果证明这种水印技术对于各种数字图像处理操作具有很高的稳健性,且半色调编码图的二值特性使嵌入水印具有很强的抗打印、抗复印、抗扫描的能力。     

Recycling of undiffracted laser light for reconstruction of holograms

When a laser source is used to illuminate a transmission hologram, the zero order beam is not utilised and is just wasted. The paper describes a new technique for economical utilisation of laser light by recycling the transmitted light to reconstruct a number of holograms simultaneously for viewing by a large number of observers. There is no danger to viewer who is exposed to the undiffracted laser beams transmitted through the hologram. The paper also discusses the diffraction efficiency requirement of successive hologram and the limit of number of holograms in the scheme.     

Interferometric moiré pattern encoded security holograms with concealed phase object

This paper describes an interferometry-based scheme for concealing phase objects in a security hologram. The decoding process is based on geometrical moiré technique and requires a key for hologram authenticity verification. Decoding process is straightforward and could be carried out in white light, making it suitable for validation of security holograms. The method is described and experimental results are presented.