Visible watermarking robust against inpainting using seam carving

Kevin Rangel-Espinoza, Eduardo Fragoso-Navarro, Clara Cruz-Ramos, Mariko Nakano-Miyatake, Manuel Cedillo-Hernandez, Hector Perez-Meana

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Abstract

Visible watermarking techniques are considered as ideal technique to provide direct copyright protection for images and video. One important requirement of visible watermarking is robustness against removal attacks. However, inpainting methods can be used efficiently to remove visible watermarks. Inpainting techniques need the watermark to perform the removal attack, this watermark can be obtained browsing on the web or applying collusion attacks over many protected images. In this paper we propose a visible watermarking method robust to inpainting attacks. To protect the entire image and increase the robustness against removal attacks, different versions of the watermark pattern generated by seam carving method are embedded into the host image. The proposed system avoids the removal of the watermark by inpainting. The experimental results show that the visible watermark is still recognizable after the visible watermarked image is attacked by inpainting method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 7th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728106229
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2019
Event7th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2019 - Cancun, Mexico
Duration: 2 May 20193 May 2019

Publication series

Name2019 7th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2019

Conference

Conference7th International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics, IWBF 2019
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityCancun
Period2/05/193/05/19

Keywords

  • Inpainting
  • Seam Carving.Copyright
  • Visible Watermarking

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