Image watermarking using soft computing techniques: A comprehensive survey

Image watermarking techniques are used to provide copyright protection and verify ownership of media/entities. This technique refers to the concept of embedding of secret data/information of an owner in a given media/entity for determining any ownership conflicts that can arise. Many watermarking ap...

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Published inMultimedia tools and applications Vol. 80; no. 20; pp. 30367 - 30398
Main Authors Singh, Om Prakash, Singh, A. K., Srivastava, Gautam, Kumar, Neeraj
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.08.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Access control
Algorithms
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Science
Copyright
Data Structures and Information Theory
Digital watermarks
Embedding
Multimedia
Multimedia Information Systems
Ownership
Performance evaluation
Privacy
Soft computing
Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
Watermarking
Copyright
Fuzzy logic
Steganography
CNN
Neural networks
Genetic algorithm
Watermarking
Machine learning
SVM
PCA
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Summary:Image watermarking techniques are used to provide copyright protection and verify ownership of media/entities. This technique refers to the concept of embedding of secret data/information of an owner in a given media/entity for determining any ownership conflicts that can arise. Many watermarking approaches have been offered by various authors in the last few years. However, there are not enough studies and comparisons of watermarking techniques in soft computing environments. Nowadays, soft computing techniques are used to improve the performance of watermarking algorithms. This paper surveys soft computing-based image watermarking for several applications. We first elaborate on novel applications, watermark characteristics and different kinds of watermarking systems. Then, soft computing based watermarking approaches providing robustness, imperceptibility and good embedding capacity are compared systematically. Furthermore, major issues and potential solutions for soft computing-based watermarking are also discussed to encourage further research in this area. Thus, this survey paper will be helpful for researchers to implement an optimized watermarking scheme for several applications.
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ISSN:1380-7501
1573-7721
DOI:10.1007/s11042-020-09606-x