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A Watermark for Image Authentication using Mapping Code Book
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 93 - Number 12 |
| Year of Publication: 2014 |
| Authors: N. Leelavathy, B. S. Priyatham, S. Srinivas Kumar |
10.5120/16270-6004
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N. Leelavathy, B. S. Priyatham, S. Srinivas Kumar . A Watermark for Image Authentication using Mapping Code Book. International Journal of Computer Applications. 93, 12 ( May 2014), 38-42. DOI=10.5120/16270-6004
Abstract
In 2011, Chan proposed a blind image authentication technique by generating the Parity-Check-Bits using Hamming code from a set of pixels whose bits have been reorganized. The Parity-Check-Bits generated are added by modifying other pixels. Due to this rearrangement, the most-significant bit of each suspected pixel can be determined. Using this information, the pixel can be recovered by calculating the average value and selecting one of the two possible original code words. However, calculating the average value, selects the same code word every time yielding to incorrect predictions. Moreover, use of Modulus function to facilitate improvement in quality of embedded image may alter the unused fifth position of each pixel. It is obvious that, the additional one bit or redundancy to detect the correct value may degrade the quality of the authenticated image. This paper proposes the mapping code book to generate Parity-Check-Bits and modified the embedding and recovery algorithms to avoid incorrect predictions and safeguard the fifth position of each pixel. The experimental results prove that the proposed algorithm has a greater capability to recover tampered regions with sufficiently good quality.
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