By

B KARTHIK
Under the Technical guidance Of
Mr S RANJITH Asst prof

DIGITAL WATERMARKING
Framework Requirements Limitations Applications

WHAT IS DIGITAL WATERMARKING..??

Digital watermarking is the process of embedding information into a digital media without compromising the medias value in a way that it is difficult to remove.

The term watermark was introduced near the end of the 18th century. It was probably given because

the marks resemble the effects of water on paper.

DEFINITION

Example:

A GENERAL WATERMARKING SYSTEM

LIFE-CYCLE PHASES

Produce watermarke d signal

The marked signal is modified

Attemp to extract watermark from signal

WATER MARKING TECHNIQUES

According According

to the working domain to the type of document

According to the human perception to the application

According

DIGITAL WATERMARKING REQUIREMENTS

The watermark should exhibit certain characteristics. These include that the watermark is

difficult to notice, survives common distortion,

resists malicious attacks, carry many bits of information, can coexist with other watermarks, and

requires little computation to insert or detect.

APPLICATIONS
Signature Fingerprinting Broadcast

and internet monitoring and integrity

Authentication Copy

and copyright protection communication

Covert

GENERAL APPLICATIONS
Copyright Protection To prove the ownership of digital media.

GENERAL APPLICATIONS
Tamper proofing To find out if data was tampered.

GENERAL APPLICATIONS
Quality Assessment Degradation of Visual Quality

Loss of Visual Quality

LIMITATIONS
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effects make detection of watermarking useless:

Watermark cannot be detected. False watermarks are detected. Unauthorized detection of watermark.

CONCLUSIONS