The invention discloses a robust image watermarking method based on a fast and high-precision Pseudo-Zernike moment. According to the method, the defects of the existing orthogonal moment watermarking
algorithm in precision and calculation efficiency are overcome, the copyright of the
digital image is effectively protected, and meanwhile, the resistance of the
watermark to common
image processing attacks and geometric attacks is improved. The method specifically comprises the following steps: (1) adopting a polar coordinate pixel division and nearest neighbor interpolation
algorithm, deducing an analytical solution of a Pseudo-Zernike moment in combination with a Newton-Leibniz formula, and calculating a rapid and high-precision Pseudo-Zernike moment by utilizing symmetric and antisymmetric characteristics of a primary function; (2) screening Pseudo-Zernike moments meeting conditions, carrying out normalization
processing, encrypting a
watermark sequence by adopting tent
chaotic mapping, and embedding the encrypted
watermark into the amplitude of the normalization moment through an improved quantitative modulation strategy to obtain a moment value of the embedded watermark; and (3) carrying out inverse Pseudo-Zernike moment transformation on the moment embedded with the watermark, reconstructing to obtain an image with the watermark, and carrying out range correction on a pixel value to generate a final watermark image.