A novel self-recovery fragile watermarking scheme based on dual-redundant-ring structure

In this paper, we propose a novel self-recovery watermarking scheme based on dual-redundant-ring structure (DRRS). All blocks of target image form a ring in a manner that the watermark of an image block is hidden in 1-LSB (least significant bit) of its next block N1, and the copy of this watermark is embedded into 2-LSB of another block whose position is determined by the position of N1. The validity of test image block is determined by comparing the number of inconsistent blocks in the block-neighborhood with that of its mapping block. Other detection result is generated in the same way comparing test block with copy block of its next block. The fusion of two detection marks improves tamper detection accuracy, while two copies of watermark provide a second chance for tamper recovery. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is superior to the state of the art of tamper detection and tamper recovery and could keep high security strength.

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► We generate redundant ring by a chaotic map.
► Fusion of two tamper detection masks improves the tamper detection accuracy.
► Two copies of watermark provide a second chance for block recovery in the case one copy is destroyed. This strategy also improves the quality of the recovered image.