An Algorithm to Control Watermarking Capacity Using PSNR

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Some existing methods for estimating image watermarking capacity may degenerate the quality of stego-image when the estimated capacity is achieved. In this paper, based on the Region of Interest (ROI) model, we discuss on the capacity problem and the quality of stego-images using PSNR. Considering the trade-off between capacity and quality, our method estimates the allowable distortion for each pixel in spatial domain in terms of the specific PSNR of stego-image. Experimental results show our method ensures a good control over the capacity without introducing artifacts.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 989-994)

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2368-2372

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July 2014

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