Advanced techniques in multimedia watermarking image, video, and audio applications /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Al-Haj, Ali Mohammad.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010.
• Subjects: Multimedia systems > Security measures.; Digital watermarking.; Intellectual property infringement > Prevention > Technological innovations.; Blind watermarking of three-dimensional meshes; Color in image watermarking; Deterring text document piracy with text watermarking; Feature based watermarking; Geometric distortions-invariant digital watermarking; Hardware implementations of image/video watermarking algorithms; Optimization in digital watermarking techniques; Spatial watermarking techniques for digital images; Techniques for multiple watermarking; Watermarking and in-band enrichment
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (485 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781615209040 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

In recent years, the tremendous advancement of digital technology has increased the ease with which digital multimedia files are stored, transmitted, and reproduced. Because traditional copyright methods are unsuitable for establishing ownership, digital watermarking is considered one of the best solutions to prevent illegal and malicious copying and distribution of digital media. This book introduces readers to state-of-the-art research in multimedia watermarking. Covering new advancements in digital image watermarking and techniques for implementation and optimization across different media, it is a valuable companion for professionals and researchers working in areas such as document watermarking, multimedia fingerprinting, information hiding, secured e-commerce, copyright protection, and hardware implementation of real-time multimedia watermarking.