A Novel Self-Embedding Watermarking Scheme for Image Tamper Detection and Recovery

Abstract

In this paper, an effective self-embedding fragile watermarking scheme is proposed. The watermark is generated by encoding the DCT coefficients of each 2×2 block and embedded into another block. A non-linear pseudo random sequence is used for generating the block mapping which can enhance the security of the algorithm. An improved tamper localization and recovery algorithm are performed. The experiment results show that the tamper region can be successfully localized and exactly recovered, even if under the content-only tampering.