In this paper a robust video watermarking method is presented, which embeds data in the wavelet domain using edge detection. The algorithm uses the luminance values around the edges where changes are less noticeable for the human visual system. Watermark is embedded in an additive way using spread spectrum noise. The complexity of the method is low. The algorithms used for wavelet transformation and edge detection are fast and simple. Results show that the watermark signal is imperceptible, and the method is robust against low bitrate lossy compressions, like H.264.
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Polyák, T., Fehér, G. (2009). Robust Wavelet-Based Video Watermarking Using Edge Detection. In: Ao, SI., Gelman, L. (eds) Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2311-7_15
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