This invention relates to the fields of
information hiding and
digital watermarking technology, and discloses a reversible watermarking method based on asymmetric
histogram translation using dual-weighted prediction. The method involves dividing the image into core and edge regions, with the core region further divided into 2x2 sub-blocks and categorized into four sets: A, B, C, and D. Overflow value
processing is uniformly applied to sets A, B, C, and D. Step-by-step prediction is used, with sets A and B as the primary embedding objects, to predict the prediction error values of four pixels. After filtering, asymmetric
histogram translation
watermark embedding is performed. Similarly, step-by-step prediction is used, with sets C and D as the primary embedding objects, to predict the prediction error values of four pixels. After filtering, asymmetric
histogram translation
watermark embedding is performed.
Watermark extraction is the reverse process of
watermark embedding, performed in the order of D, C, B, and A. Compared with existing technologies, this invention increases pixel compensation, further improving
watermark embedding capacity and image visual quality.