A robust watermarking hybrid algorithm for color image

• Main Authors: Song Mengli, Wang Huijun, Wu Jianbin, Yan Xinrong, Yuan Linfeng, Tu Yameng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2021-01-01
• Series: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Subjects: color image; watermarking; layered embedding; robustness
• Online Access: https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2021/05/matecconf_cscns20_07012.pdf

In order to improve the anti-attack performance of the watermark to meet the requirements of copyright protection and content forensics. This paper proposes a digital watermarking hybrid algorithm based on color images. The specific process is to adopt the idea of multi-algorithm layered embedding, choose the algorithm based on discrete cosine transform (DCT) algorithm, discrete wavelet transform_singular value decomposition (DWT_SVD) algorithm, and hologram algorithm, these three algorithms with robust complementary functions, then embed the same watermark image into the color image R, G and B layers to complete the watermark embedding. Compared with the single-algorithm embedded watermark, the hybrid algorithm can achieve blind extraction, at the same time, the algorithm has better robustness and can resist more types and higher intensity attacks. In the process of digital image transmission, the integrity of the watermark information of the carried picture can be guaranteed to achieve copyright protection, content forensics and other purposes.