The Digital Fingerprinting Method for Static Images Based on Weighted Hamming Metric and on Weighted Container Model

Sergey Bezzateev, Natalia Voloshina

Information Security Technologies Department, Saint-Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/jcc.2014.29016                

Abstract

The algorithm of fingerprint constructing for still images based on weighted image structure model is proposed. The error correcting codes that are perfect in weighted Hamming metric are used as a base for fingerprint constructing.

Keywords

Fingerprinting, Error Correcting Codes, Perfect Codes in Weighted Hamming Metric, Weighted Container Model, Digital Rights Management

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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