README: Robust Error-Aware Digital Signature Framework via Deep Watermarking Model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04495v1
• Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:15:53 GMT
• Title: README: Robust Error-Aware Digital Signature Framework via Deep Watermarking Model
• Authors: Hyunwook Choi, Sangyun Won, Daeyeon Hwang, Junhyeok Choi,
• Abstract summary: We propose a novel framework that enables robust, verifiable, and error-tolerant digital signatures within images.<n>The proposed framework unlocks a new class of high-assurance applications for deep watermarking.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Deep learning-based watermarking has emerged as a promising solution for robust image authentication and protection. However, existing models are limited by low embedding capacity and vulnerability to bit-level errors, making them unsuitable for cryptographic applications such as digital signatures, which require over 2048 bits of error-free data. In this paper, we propose README (Robust Error-Aware Digital Signature via Deep WaterMarking ModEl), a novel framework that enables robust, verifiable, and error-tolerant digital signatures within images. Our method combines a simple yet effective cropping-based capacity scaling mechanism with ERPA (ERror PAinting Module), a lightweight error correction module designed to localize and correct bit errors using Distinct Circular Subsum Sequences (DCSS). Without requiring any fine-tuning of existing pretrained watermarking models, README significantly boosts the zero-bit-error image rate (Z.B.I.R) from 1.2% to 86.3% when embedding 2048-bit digital signatures into a single image, even under real-world distortions. Moreover, our use of perceptual hash-based signature verification ensures public verifiability and robustness against tampering. The proposed framework unlocks a new class of high-assurance applications for deep watermarking, bridging the gap between signal-level watermarking and cryptographic security.

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