Digital audio watermarking : fundamentals, techniques and challenges

• Main Authors: Xiang, Yong (Author), Hua, Guang (Author), Yan, Bin (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in electrical and computer engineering. Signal processing.
• Subjects: Digital watermarking.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811042898; 9789811042881
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 90 pages) : illustrations (some color)

This book offers comprehensive coverage on the most important aspects of audio watermarking, from classic techniques to the latest advances, from commonly investigated topics to emerging research subdomains, and from the research and development achievements to date, to current limitations, challeng...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Watermarking and Audio Watermarking; 1.2 Performance Criteria of Audio Watermarking Systems; 1.3 Applications of Audio Watermarking; 1.4 General System Structure; References; 2 Human Auditory System and Perceptual Quality Measurement; 2.1 HAS and Psychoacoustics; 2.1.1 Frequency-to-Place Transformation and Bark Scale; 2.1.2 Absolute Threshold of Hearing; 2.1.3 Masking Effects; 2.1.4 Human Sensitivity to Echoes; 2.1.5 Characteristics of Cochlear Delay; 2.2 Evaluation of Imperceptibility; 2.2.1 Subjective Measures.
• 2.2.2 Objective Measures2.2.3 Objective Perceptual Measures; 2.3 Control of Imperceptibility; 2.3.1 Heuristic Control of Imperceptibility; 2.3.2 Analytic Control of Imperceptibility; 2.4 Summary and Remark; References; 3 Classical Techniques and Recent Developments; 3.1 Classical Techniques; 3.1.1 Echo Hiding; 3.1.2 Spread Spectrum; 3.1.3 Quantization Index Modulation; 3.1.4 Summary; 3.2 Advanced Designs; 3.2.1 For Better Imperceptibility; 3.2.2 For Improved Robustness; 3.2.3 For Higher Capacity; 3.3 Novel Perspectives; References; 4 Reversible Audio Watermarking; 4.1 Introduction.
• 4.2 Companding-Based Algorithm4.2.1 Quantized Non-linear Companding; 4.2.2 Reversible Watermarking Algorithm; 4.3 Prediction Error Expansion; 4.3.1 Prediction; 4.3.2 Error Expansion; 4.3.3 Dealing with Overflow and Underflow; 4.4 Cochlear Delay-Based Algorithm; 4.4.1 Watermark Embedding; 4.4.2 Watermark Extraction; 4.4.3 Host Recovery; 4.5 Remarks; References; 5 Audio Watermarking with Cryptography; 5.1 Watermark Embedding with Encryption; 5.2 Over-Complete Dictionary Based Watermarking; 5.2.1 Compressive Sensing and Encryption; 5.2.2 Design Example 1
• Preliminary Study.
• 5.2.3 Design Example 2
• Dictionary Decomposition5.3 Remarks; References; 6 Conclusion and Future Work; 6.1 Limitations and Challenges; 6.2 Future Work; 6.2.1 Watermark Embedding Domain; 6.2.2 Pattern or Random Watermarks; 6.2.3 Handling Deynchronization; 6.2.4 Enhanced Echo-Based Methods; 6.2.5 Controlling Imperceptibility; 6.2.6 Time-Frequency Domain Approach; 6.3 Conclusion; References.