Title: An extensive research on robust digital image watermarking techniques: a review

Authors: D. Kannan; M. Gobi

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, Government Arts College, Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of Computer Science, Government Arts College, Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: The improvements in internet technologies and growing demands on online multimedia businesses have made digital copyrighting as a major challenge for businesses that are associated with online content distribution via diverse business models including pay-per-view, subscription, trading, etc. Copyright protection and evidence for rightful ownership are the major issues associated with the distribution of any digital images. Digital watermarking is a probable solution for digital content owners that offer security to the digital content. In recent years, digital watermarking plays a vital role in providing the apposite solution and numerous researches have been carried out. In this paper, an extensive review of the prevailing literature related to the image watermarking is presented together with classification by utilising an assortment of techniques. In addition, a terse introduction about the digital watermarking is presented to get acquainted with the vital information on the subject of digital watermarking.

Keywords: digital watermarking; image watermarking; watermark; copyright protection; visible watermarking; invisible watermarking; spatial domain; transform domain; biometrics; digital images; literature review.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSISE.2015.067047

International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, 2015 Vol.8 No.1/2, pp.89 - 104

Received: 08 Dec 2011
Accepted: 21 Mar 2012
Published online: 25 Jan 2015 *

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