Disclosed is a method for embedding and extracting a spatial domain blind
watermark using a sample expansion. The sample expansion method using a sample
expansion coefficient is introduced to basically improve a common disadvantage
of the conventional watermarking method based on the patchwork method, for instance,
the watermark is not robust against a compression attack such as JPEG. By applying
the sample expansion to a sample group, the embedded watermark comes to contain
a low frequency component more larger than ever, so that radio frequency component
decreases as much. Thus, although the radio frequency component of the watermark
is damaged by the image compression such as JPEG, it is possible to relatively
reduce the damage of the watermark. Also, an adaptive watermark embedding method
can be considered such that the embedded watermark value is proportional to an
average value of the pixel. In order to overcome non-robustness that is a common
disadvantage of the conventional methods based on the conventional patchwork method
or the conventional modified patchwork method, not a single pixel but sample-expanded
pixel is chosen, and there is proposed a spatial domain blind watermarking method
using a watermark value that is proportional to an average value of pixel every tile.