Research Article

Visible Watermarking Technique Based on Human Visual System for Single Sensor Digital Cameras

Table 1

Watermark visibility evaluation.

MOS Description

5Excellent. No effort required to recognize completely the watermark pattern
4Good. No appreciable effort required to recognize completely the watermark pattern
3Fair. Moderate effort required to recognize completely the watermark pattern (small part of watermark is not visible)
2Poor. Considerable effort require to recognize completely the watermark pattern (some part of the watermark is not perceptible)
1Unacceptable. The watermark is not perceptible