Robust Signature-Based Copyright Protection Scheme Using the Most Significant Gray-Scale Bits of the Image

The most significant bit- (MSB-) plane of an image is least likely to change by the most signal processing operations. This paper presents a novel multibit logo-based signature, using the most significant gray-scale bits, which is then used to develop an extremely simple but robust copyright protect...

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Main Author: Mohammad Awrangjeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Multimedia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/875759
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Summary:The most significant bit- (MSB-) plane of an image is least likely to change by the most signal processing operations. This paper presents a novel multibit logo-based signature, using the most significant gray-scale bits, which is then used to develop an extremely simple but robust copyright protection scheme, where images along with their signatures are sent to a trusted third party when a dispute arises. Different ways of processing the MSB-plane before calculating the robust signature have been developed. This paper then presents an innovative classifier-based technique to test the robustness and uniqueness of any signature-based scheme. A new MSB-based attack, which would defeat our scheme most, has also been proposed. Experimental results have clearly demonstrated the superiority of the proposed scheme showing the high robustness of different MSB-based signatures over the existing signature-based schemes.
ISSN:1687-5680
1687-5699