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A robust semi-blind watermarking for color images based on multiple decompositions

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In this paper, a robust semi-blind watermarking scheme for color images, based on multiple decompositions is proposed to preserve the copyrights of the owner. Using multiple decompositions, the gray watermark is embedded into a host color image. Prior to that, to enhance security the gray watermark is encrypted with Arnold transform and SVD by generating secret keys. The luminance component of the given host image is subjected to discrete wavelet transform(DWT), contourlet transform(CT), Schur decomposition and singular value decomposition(SVD) in sequence and finally the watermark is embedded. In the semi-blind extraction process, the watermark is extracted without the help of the original host image. Experimental results show that the proposed watermarking scheme has better visual imperceptibility and high robustness against image & signal processing attacks compared to other methods.

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An erratum to this article is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-017-4532-1.

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S., P.V., P. V. S. S. R., C.M. A robust semi-blind watermarking for color images based on multiple decompositions. Multimed Tools Appl 76, 25623–25656 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-017-4355-0

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