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Several methods of watermark detection involve computing a vector from some input media, computing the normalized correlation between that vector and a predefined watermark vector, and comparing the result against a threshold. We show that, if the probability density function of vectors that arise from random, unwatermarked media is a zero-mean, spherical Gaussian, then the probability that such a detector will give a false detection is given exactly by a simple ratio of two definite integrals. This expression depends only on the detection threshold and the dimensionality of the watermark vector.
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Miller, M.L., Bloom, J.A. (2000). Computing the Probability of False Watermark Detection. In: Pfitzmann, A. (eds) Information Hiding. IH 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1768. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10719724_11
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