A semi-blind HVS based image watermarking scheme using elliptic curve cryptography

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 77; no. 15; pp. 19235 - 19260
• Main Authors: Gupta, Ritu, Mishra, Anurag, Jain, Sarika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computation; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Computer simulation; Cryptography; Data Structures and Information Theory; Elliptic functions; Embedding; Encryption; Entropy; Mathematical models; Multimedia Information Systems; Parameter identification; Parameter sensitivity; Singular value decomposition; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Watermarking; Elliptic curve cryptography; Image watermarking; Discrete wavelet transform; Human visual system; Singular value decomposition

In the present paper, an advanced encryption technique commonly known as Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is used to embed a binary image as a watermark in five grayscale host images in a semi-blind manner. The ECC algorithm is a fast encryption technique which successfully encrypts the subject wit...