From classical to soft computing based watermarking techniques: A comprehensive review

R Singh, M Saraswat, A Ashok, H Mittal… - Future Generation …, 2023 - Elsevier
With evolution of digital technology, it is challenging to protect personal data from access
without consent. Digital watermarking conceals some information as watermark to protect …

A survey of color image watermarking: State-of-the-art and research directions

DK Mahto, AK Singh - Computers & Electrical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Color image watermarking has achieved great success in various applications such as copy
protection, content authentication, tamper detection and recovery, etc. The present paper …

Survey of robust and imperceptible watermarking

N Agarwal, AK Singh, PK Singh - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2019 - Springer
Robustness, imperceptibility and embedding capacity are the preliminary requirements of
any watermarking technique. However, research concluded that these requirements are …

Robust and blind watermarking technique in DCT domain using inter-block coefficient differencing

SA Parah, JA Sheikh, NA Loan, GM Bhat - Digital Signal Processing, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a robust blind watermarking technique, based on block-based DCT coefficient
modification is proposed. The difference between two DCT coefficients of the adjacent …

Secure and robust digital image watermarking using coefficient differencing and chaotic encryption

NA Loan, NN Hurrah, SA Parah, JW Lee… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a chaotic encryption-based blind digital image watermarking technique
applicable to both grayscale and color images. Discrete cosine transform (DCT) is used …

A recent survey on image watermarking techniques and its application in e-governance

C Kumar, AK Singh, P Kumar - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2018 - Springer
This survey presents a brief discussion of different aspects of digital image watermarking.
Included in the present discussion are these general concepts: major characteristics of …

A recent survey on multimedia and database watermarking

S Kumar, BK Singh, M Yadav - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2020 - Springer
In today's digital era, it is very easy to copy, manipulate and distribute multimedia data over
an open channel. Copyright protection, content authentication, identity theft, and ownership …

Color image watermarking scheme based on quaternion Hadamard transform and Schur decomposition

J Li, C Yu, BB Gupta, X Ren - Multimedia tools and applications, 2018 - Springer
Based on quaternion Hadamard transform (QHT) and Schur decomposition, a novel color
image watermarking scheme is presented. To consider the correlation between different …

A new chaotic complex map for robust video watermarking

P Ayubi, M Jafari Barani, M Yousefi Valandar… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, using a new two-dimensional complex map, a secure video watermarking
system is presented. Standard analyzes have been performed to analyze a dynamical …

New rapid and robust color image watermarking technique in spatial domain

Q Su, D Liu, Z Yuan, G Wang, X Zhang, B Chen… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel spatial domain color image watermarking technique is proposed to
rapidly and effectively protect the copyright of the color image. First, the direct current (DC) …