Speckle free optical watermarking based on pseudo-random phase encoding

Watermarking is a process of embedding copiright information into an image to verify the ownership without any kind of corruption. In optical applications, the usage of diffusers is required to obtain a homogeneously distributed spectrum. However, the use of a diffuser in the input plane and the fin...

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Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UTB
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/8977
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/8977
Palabra clave:
Diffusers (optical)
Encoding (symbols)
Geometrical optics
Image coding
Image processing
Speckle
Vision
Watermarking
Input planes
Noise speckle
Numerical results
Optical applications
Optical image
Pseudo random
Random-phase encoding
Verification process
Signal processing
Rights
restrictedAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:Watermarking is a process of embedding copiright information into an image to verify the ownership without any kind of corruption. In optical applications, the usage of diffusers is required to obtain a homogeneously distributed spectrum. However, the use of a diffuser in the input plane and the finite size of the sensor leave the recovered watermark with noise speckles. This noise affects negatively the verification process. We propose the usage of pseudo-random band-limited diffusers to place watermarks on optical images using a method based on Fourier-transform and random phase encoding algorithm. Such diffusers can help to recover a free-speckle watermark. The robustness to typical attacks is analyzed. Numerical results have shown its effectiveness. © 2016 IEEE.