Signal and Information Processing

High-Capacity Text Watermarking Resistive to Print-Scan Process

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  • 1. Information Security Center, State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Networking and Information Attack and Defense Technology of MOE,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China

Received date: 2010-10-18

  Revised date: 2010-12-03

  Online published: 2011-03-23

Abstract

 Based on an analysis of the existing text watermarking techniques, a high-capacity text watermarking scheme resistive to print-and-scan processes is proposed. The binary document image is first segmented into individual characters. A multi-bit watermark is then embedded by flipping the boundary pixels of each character based on a print-scan invariant quantity and complexity of the character. A quantitative model is established to achieve the character pixel quantization, which can minimize visual distortion. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can increase embedding capacity. It can effectively resist print-scan attacks so as to watermark hardcopy documents.

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GUO Cheng-qing1;2, XU Guo-ai1;2, NIU Xin-xin1;2, LI Yang1;2 . High-Capacity Text Watermarking Resistive to Print-Scan Process[J]. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2011 , 29(2) : 140 -146 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2011.02.006

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