Manuscript Title:

A ROBUST AND SCALE INVARIANT METHOD FOR IMAGE FORGERY CLASSIFICATION USING EDGE WEIGHTED LOCAL TEXTURE FEATURES

Author:

ARSLAN AKRAM, Dr. ARFAN JAFFAR, Dr. WASEEM IQBAL, M. SALMAN ALI, M. USMAN TARIQ, GHULAM ALI

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/MVWDU

Published : 2022-12-10

About the author(s)

1. ARSLAN AKRAM - Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
2. Dr. ARFAN JAFFAR - PhD, Professor Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
3. Dr. WASEEM IQBAL - PhD, Associate Professor Department of Software Engineering, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
4. M. SALMAN ALI - Mphil Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
5. M. USMAN TARIQ - Mphil Scholar, Department of Computer Science, Superior University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
6. GHULAM ALI - Faculty of Computing, Department of Software Engineering, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan.

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Abstract

It has become easier to change the content of computerized photos as mixed media innovation has advanced. This is due to the wide availability of picture editing apps. If altered for a negative motive, created images can cause major social and legal problems. The detection of picture fraud requires the advancement of contemporary methods that can effectively spot modifications in sophisticated images. In photographs, joining mimicry is frequently used to hide the truth. Grafting creates sharp distinctions in the edges, corners, and smooth areas. Using picture grafting, discrete wavelet change, and histograms of discriminative vigorous neighborhood double designs, we proposed a novel method for finding picture imitations. A given color image is first converted to “YCbCr”, and the Cr and Cb components of the computerized image are then linked to DWT. DRLBP is used to show surface variation in each DWT subband. The final highlight trajectory is created by concatenating the DRLBP from every sub-band. After all, an SVM is used to produce an image fraud recognition demonstration. On openly available benchmark datasets, the suggested strategy's application and generalizability were evaluated. With 98.95% location accuracy, the suggested method outperformed cutting-edge imitation location techniques.


Keywords

Image forgery; splicing detection; DWT; DRLBP; SVM, Scale Invariant, Rotation Invariant, Machine Learning Approach, Image Forensic Analysis.