Robust watermarking of fingerprint images

Bilge Gunsel*, Umut Uludag, A. Murat Tekalp

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper introduces two spatial methods in order to embed watermark data into fingerprint images, without corrupting their features. The first method inserts watermark data after feature extraction, thus preventing watermarking of regions used for fingerprint classification. The method utilizes an image adaptive strength adjustment technique which results in watermarks with low visibility. The second method introduces a feature adaptive watermarking technique for fingerprints, thus applicable before feature extraction. For both of the methods, decoding does not require original fingerprint image. Unlike most of the published spatial watermarking methods, the proposed methods provide high decoding accuracy for fingerprint images. High data hiding and decoding performance for color images is also observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2739-2747
Number of pages9
JournalPattern Recognition
Volume35
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adaptive watermarking
  • Data hiding
  • Digital security
  • Fingerprint watermarking

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