Data Embedding for Covert Communications, Digital Watermarking, and Information Augmentation

Abstract

This paper introduces data embedding schemes for covert communications, information augmentation, and digital watermarking. Although most digital objects may be used as a container for embedded data, this paper focuses on digital images. It discusses the data embedding framework -- the assumptions made on the communication channel, the issues considered for implementation, and the general requirements imposed on data embedding techniques. The paper presents a number of spatial and spectral data embedding techniques and touches on the general limitations these techniques face. Several application scenarios are presented and the manner in which the data embedding framework is typically tailored and applied to them is proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA375890

Entities

People

  • Arnold C. Baldoza

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Authentication
  • Cameras
  • Coding
  • Communication Channels
  • Computational Science
  • Cryptography
  • Databases
  • Digital Communications
  • Digital Images
  • Digital Media
  • Image Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Network Science
  • Photographs
  • Signal Processing
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design