A New Watermarking Algorithm for Scanned Grey PDF Files Using Robust Logo and Hash Function

Abstract

This paper deals with the development and assessment of a watermarking technique which is suitable for scanned PDF documents. The watermark will serve two purposes. The first one is a logo to protect the copyright ownership. This watermark should be invisible and secure and can be extracted even if the document has gone through slight image manipulations. The second watermark will be used to authenticate the document. A slight editing in the document will change the second watermark and indicate forgery. The algorithm was tested successfully on a variety of scanned documents and the performances of the algorithm were assessed.

Contributors

Walid Alakk

Hussain Al-Ahmad

Conference

Publication date: March 2014

Publication date (Print): March 2014

Pages: 1-5

Affiliations

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

Khalifa University of Science, technology and Research

Sharjah, UAE

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/BCSIIT2014.8

Copyright statement: © Walid Alakk et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of the 2nd BCS International IT Conference 2014, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 2nd BCS International IT Conference 2014

Conference acronym: BCSIIT

Conference number: 2

Conference location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Conference date: 9 - 10 March 2014

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: BCS International IT Conference 2014

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Categories

Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing