
Reversible Watermarking Based on Invariant Image Classification and Dynamic Histogram Shifting.
Abstract of Reversible Watermarking Based on Invariant Image
In this Reversible Watermarking Based on Invariant Image Classification and Dynamic Histogram Shifting paper, we propose a new reversible watermarking scheme. One first contribution is a histogram shifting modulation which adaptively takes care of the local specificities of the image content. By applying it to the image prediction-errors and by considering their immediate neighborhood, the scheme we propose inserts data in textured areas where other methods fail to do so. Furthermore, our scheme makes use of a classification process for identifying parts of the image that can be watermarked with the most suited reversible modulation. This classification is based on a reference image derived from the image itself, a prediction of it, which has the property of being invariant to the watermark insertion. In that way, the watermark embedder and extractor remain synchronized for message extraction and image reconstruction.
Conclusion
In this paper, we have proposed a new reversible watermarking scheme which originality stands in identifying parts of the image that are watermarked using two distinct HS modulations: Pixel Histogram Shifting and Dynamic Prediction Error Histogram Shifting (DPEHS). The latter modulation is another original contribution of this work. By better taking into account the signal content specificities, our scheme offers a very good compromise in terms of capacity and image quality preservation for both medical and natural images.