Zhen-Zhen Li, Qian-Hui Wang, Run-Ze He, Zhao Zhang, Zi-Chen Li
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Abstract
There are various challenges facing quantum watermarking, of which the most significant one is that unlike classical watermarking, there remain few achievements made to build a complete system. Allowing for this, a two-domain quantum color image watermarking scheme based on least significant bit (LSB) algorithm is proposed in this paper. For the purpose of image representation, the image of the carrier and that of the watermark are represented through the novel quantum representation of color digital images (NCQI) (Sang et al. in Quantum Inf Process 16:1–14, 2017), the size of which is \(2^{n} \times 2^{n}\) and \(2^{n-1} \times 2^{n-1}\), respectively. Firstly, the watermark image is scrambled by conducting operation on the color and position of the image. Through this simultaneous scrambling of color and position, the privacy of watermark images is better protected. Secondly, the scrambled watermark image is embedded into the spatial domain of the carrier image using the LSB algorithm. Additionally, the scrambled watermark image is embedded into the frequency domain of the carrier image through quantum Fourier transform and LSB algorithm, thus improving the capability to withstand illegal attacks. Lastly, both simulation experiment and comparative analysis are conducted to demonstrate the satisfactory visual quality of the proposed scheme and its strong robustness to the salt and pepper noises. These positive findings contributed to enriching the existing theory of color quantum image watermarking.
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Quantum Information Processing is a high-impact, international journal publishing cutting-edge experimental and theoretical research in all areas of Quantum Information Science. Topics of interest include quantum cryptography and communications, entanglement and discord, quantum algorithms, quantum error correction and fault tolerance, quantum computer science, quantum imaging and sensing, and experimental platforms for quantum information. Quantum Information Processing supports and inspires research by providing a comprehensive peer review process, and broadcasting high quality results in a range of formats. These include original papers, letters, broadly focused perspectives, comprehensive review articles, book reviews, and special topical issues. The journal is particularly interested in papers detailing and demonstrating quantum information protocols for cryptography, communications, computation, and sensing.