Add optional pixel forensics layer to the dataset scanner

--pixels adds aggregate, non-reconstructable pixel statistics (block-DCT
histograms with Benford deviation, high-pass noise stats, FFT band
energies and CFA peaks, ELA stats, gradient and color histograms) plus
per-section timing for pipeline latency planning. --pixels-full adds the
privacy-lifting artifacts behind an explicit flag (perceptual hash,
128px thumbnail, coarse ELA/noise-residual/FFT-phase maps). Expensive
maps are computed once and shared between the scalar and artifact paths
(2.2x speedup vs the first split implementation). numpy is required only
for the pixel modes; the metadata-only mode stays numpy-free.
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Victor Kuznetsov
2026-07-23 11:06:45 -07:00
parent a981eb84b1
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@@ -21,12 +21,19 @@ Everything collected is raw bytes or a mechanical container decode;
no verdicts, no estimates, no edit-trail interpretation.
Usage:
python scan_dataset.py /path/to/dataset out_prefix
python scan_dataset.py /path/to/dataset out_prefix [--pixels|--pixels-full]
Writes out_prefix.jsonl (one record per file) and out_prefix.csv (flat
summary for quick sorting). If the prefix ends with .gz, the JSONL is
gzip-compressed on the fly (3-5x smaller, still streamable line by line).
--pixels adds aggregate pixel forensics to each record (DCT histograms,
noise/FFT/ELA/gradient/color statistics) from which the image CANNOT be
reconstructed, plus per-section timing_ms for pipeline latency planning.
--pixels-full additionally stores the privacy-lifting artifacts (phash,
128px thumbnail, coarse ELA/noise/FFT-phase maps). Pixel modes require
numpy; the metadata-only mode needs no numpy.
For a large dataset, parallelize by sharding the input into folders and
running one process per shard (a multiprocessing pool hangs on macOS once
cv2/PIL are loaded; independent processes do not):
@@ -51,9 +58,11 @@ Dependencies: pip install pillow piexif c2pa-python pillow-heif
import base64
import contextlib
import csv
import io
import json
import struct
import sys
import time
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any
@@ -654,7 +663,7 @@ def _sha256_stream(path: Path) -> str:
return h.hexdigest()
def scan_file(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
def scan_file(path: Path, *, pixels: bool = False, pixels_full: bool = False) -> dict[str, Any]:
stat = path.stat()
oversized = stat.st_size > _MAX_FULL_READ
if oversized:
@@ -710,6 +719,70 @@ def scan_file(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
thumb_forensics = _jpeg_forensics_bytes(thumbnail)
thumb_forensics["base64"] = _b64(thumbnail)
record["exif_thumbnail_forensics"] = thumb_forensics
if (pixels or pixels_full) and not oversized:
record.update(scan_pixels_of(path, full=pixels_full))
return record
def scan_pixels_of(path: Path, *, full: bool) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""The optional pixel layer for one file (see the pixel-layer section
below). Returns {} quietly when numpy is unavailable or decode fails."""
if np is None:
return {"pixel_error": "numpy not installed"}
t0 = time.perf_counter()
timing: dict[str, float] = {}
record: dict[str, Any] = {}
t = time.perf_counter()
gray, rgb, info = read_gray(path)
record["pixel"] = info
timing["decode"] = time.perf_counter() - t
if gray is not None and rgb is not None:
# maps shared between the scalar features and the --pixels-full
# artifacts, computed once (the JPEG re-save and the sliding-window
# conv are the two most expensive features in the scan)
t = time.perf_counter()
residual = noise_residual_map(gray)
timing["noise"] = time.perf_counter() - t
if residual is not None:
record["noise"] = noise_features(residual)
t = time.perf_counter()
spectrum = fft_decompose(gray)
timing["fft"] = time.perf_counter() - t
mag = phase = None
if spectrum is not None:
mag, phase = spectrum
record["fft"] = fft_features(mag)
t = time.perf_counter()
ela = ela_map(rgb)
timing["ela"] = time.perf_counter() - t
if ela is not None:
record["ela"] = ela_features(ela)
for name, fn, arg in (
("dct", dct_features, gray),
("gradient", gradient_features, gray),
("color", color_features, rgb),
):
t = time.perf_counter()
try:
result = fn(arg)
except Exception as exc:
result = {"error": _safe_str(exc)}
timing[name] = time.perf_counter() - t
if result:
record[name] = result
if full:
t = time.perf_counter()
try:
record["full"] = full_artifacts(gray, rgb, ela=ela, residual=residual, phase=phase)
except Exception as exc:
record["full"] = {"error": _safe_str(exc)}
timing["full_artifacts"] = time.perf_counter() - t
timing["total"] = time.perf_counter() - t0
record["timing_ms"] = {k: round(v * 1000, 1) for k, v in timing.items()}
return record
@@ -728,10 +801,17 @@ def summary_row(record: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
def main() -> None:
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
flags = {a for a in sys.argv[3:] if a.startswith("--")}
positional = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if not a.startswith("--")]
if len(positional) != 2 or flags - {"--pixels", "--pixels-full"}:
print(__doc__)
sys.exit(2)
root, prefix = Path(sys.argv[1]), sys.argv[2]
pixels = "--pixels" in flags
pixels_full = "--pixels-full" in flags
if (pixels or pixels_full) and np is None:
print("pixel modes require numpy: pip install numpy")
sys.exit(2)
root, prefix = Path(positional[0]), positional[1]
files = sorted(str(p) for p in root.rglob("*") if p.is_file() and p.suffix.lower() in SUPPORTED)
# resume: skip files already present in the output of a previous
# (interrupted) run with the same prefix
@@ -762,7 +842,7 @@ def main() -> None:
writer.writeheader()
for path_str in files:
try:
record = scan_file(Path(path_str))
record = scan_file(Path(path_str), pixels=pixels, pixels_full=pixels_full)
except Exception as exc: # one corrupt file must not kill the scan
record = {"file": path_str, "error": _safe_str(exc)}
jsonl.write(json.dumps(record, default=str) + "\n")
@@ -773,5 +853,227 @@ def main() -> None:
print(f"done: {jsonl_name}, {csv_name}")
# --- optional pixel layer (--pixels / --pixels-full) ----------------------
# Aggregate pixel forensics. Default --pixels stores only statistics from
# which the image CANNOT be reconstructed; --pixels-full adds the
# privacy-lifting artifacts (phash, thumbnail, coarse ELA/noise/phase maps).
# numpy is required only when a pixel mode is enabled.
try:
import numpy as np
from numpy.lib.stride_tricks import sliding_window_view
except ImportError:
np = None # type: ignore[assignment]
_MAX_SIDE = 2048 # downscale before analysis; stats are scale-robust
_DCT_BINS = np.linspace(-20.5, 20.5, 22) if np is not None else None
_AC_POSITIONS = [(0, 1), (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 2), (2, 0), (2, 1), (1, 2), (0, 3)]
_FFT_BANDS = 8
_BAYER_OFFSETS = [(1, 1), (1, -1)] # CFA diagonal periodicity candidates
def _arr_b64(arr: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Compact array payload for the --full spatial maps."""
return {
"shape": list(arr.shape),
"dtype": str(arr.dtype),
"base64": base64.b64encode(arr.tobytes()).decode("ascii"),
}
def _coarse(arr: np.ndarray, side: int = 64) -> np.ndarray:
"""Downscale a 2D map to at most `side` on the long edge."""
h, w = arr.shape
if max(h, w) <= side:
return arr
img = Image.fromarray(arr.astype(np.float32), mode="F")
img.thumbnail((side, side), Image.BILINEAR)
return np.asarray(img)
def phash(gray: np.ndarray) -> str:
"""64-bit DCT perceptual hash (invertible to a rough layout; --full only)."""
img = Image.fromarray(gray.astype(np.float32), mode="F").resize((32, 32), Image.LANCZOS)
small = np.asarray(img)
m = _dct_matrix(32)
coeff = m @ small @ m.T
low = coeff[:8, :8].ravel()[1:] # drop DC
bits = low > np.median(low)
return f"{int(''.join('1' if b else '0' for b in bits), 2):016x}"
def full_artifacts(
gray: np.ndarray,
rgb: np.ndarray,
*,
ela: np.ndarray | None,
residual: np.ndarray | None,
phase: np.ndarray | None,
) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""The privacy-lifting set: phash, thumbnail, ELA map, noise residual,
FFT phase. Maps are computed once by the caller and shared with the
scalar feature paths."""
out: dict[str, Any] = {}
out["phash"] = phash(gray)
img = Image.fromarray(rgb.astype(np.uint8))
img.thumbnail((128, 128), Image.LANCZOS)
buf = io.BytesIO()
img.save(buf, "JPEG", quality=70)
out["thumbnail_jpeg_b64"] = base64.b64encode(buf.getvalue()).decode("ascii")
if ela is not None:
out["ela_map"] = _arr_b64(_coarse(ela))
if residual is not None:
clipped = np.clip(residual / 4.0, -1, 1)
out["noise_residual"] = _arr_b64(_coarse((clipped * 127).astype(np.int8)))
if phase is not None:
out["fft_phase"] = _arr_b64(_coarse(phase.astype(np.float32), 32))
return out
def read_gray(path: Path) -> tuple[np.ndarray | None, np.ndarray | None, dict[str, Any]]:
"""Decode to float32 grayscale (and RGB for color stats), downscaled."""
try:
with Image.open(path) as img:
info: dict[str, Any] = {"width": img.width, "height": img.height}
if max(img.size) > _MAX_SIDE:
img.thumbnail((_MAX_SIDE, _MAX_SIDE), Image.LANCZOS)
rgb = np.asarray(img.convert("RGB"), dtype=np.float32)
gray = np.asarray(img.convert("L"), dtype=np.float32)
return gray, rgb, info
except Exception as exc:
return None, None, {"error": _safe_str(exc)}
def _dct_matrix(n: int = 8) -> np.ndarray:
"""Orthonormal n x n DCT-II basis: M[i, j] = cos(pi (2j + 1) i / 2n)."""
i = np.arange(n)[:, None]
j = np.arange(n)[None, :]
m = np.cos(np.pi * (2 * j + 1) * i / (2 * n))
m[0, :] *= 1 / np.sqrt(2)
return m * np.sqrt(2 / n)
_DCT_M = _dct_matrix()
def dct_features(gray: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""AC coefficient histograms over 8x8 block DCT + Benford deviation."""
h, w = gray.shape
h8, w8 = h // 8 * 8, w // 8 * 8
if h8 < 8 or w8 < 8:
return {}
blocks = gray[:h8, :w8].reshape(h8 // 8, 8, w8 // 8, 8).swapaxes(1, 2)
coeff = np.einsum("ij,abjk,lk->abil", _DCT_M, blocks, _DCT_M)
hists = []
lead_vals: list[np.ndarray] = []
for dy, dx in _AC_POSITIONS:
vals = coeff[:, :, dy, dx].ravel()
hists.append(np.histogram(vals, bins=_DCT_BINS)[0].tolist())
lead_vals.append(np.abs(vals))
out: dict[str, Any] = {"dct_ac_hist": hists}
flat = np.abs(np.concatenate(lead_vals))
flat = flat[flat >= 1]
if flat.size > 100:
leading = (flat / 10 ** np.floor(np.log10(flat))).astype(int)
leading = leading[(leading >= 1) & (leading <= 9)]
if leading.size > 100:
obs = np.bincount(leading, minlength=10)[1:10] / leading.size
ben = np.log10(1 + 1 / np.arange(1, 10))
out["benford_mad"] = float(np.abs(obs - ben).mean())
return out
def noise_residual_map(gray: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray | None:
"""High-pass residual. The map itself is spatial (shows edges), so it
is only stored under --full; the default mode keeps scalar stats."""
if gray.shape[0] < 3 or gray.shape[1] < 3:
return None
k = np.array([[-1.0, -1.0, -1.0], [-1.0, 8.0, -1.0], [-1.0, -1.0, -1.0]])
win = sliding_window_view(gray, (3, 3))
return (win * k).sum(axis=(-1, -2))
def noise_features(residual: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""High-pass residual std/kurtosis; the residual map is NOT stored."""
flat = residual.ravel()
std = float(flat.std())
if std < 1e-9:
return {"noise_std": 0.0, "noise_kurtosis": 0.0}
z = (flat - flat.mean()) / std
return {"noise_std": std, "noise_kurtosis": float((z**4).mean() - 3.0)}
def fft_decompose(gray: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray] | None:
"""Log-magnitude (fftshifted) and phase of the image spectrum."""
if min(gray.shape) < 32:
return None
spectrum = np.fft.fftshift(np.fft.fft2(gray - gray.mean()))
return np.log1p(np.abs(spectrum)), np.angle(spectrum)
def fft_features(mag: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Radial magnitude band energies (no phase) + CFA periodicity peaks."""
h, w = mag.shape
cy, cx = h // 2, w // 2
yy, xx = np.mgrid[:h, :w]
r = np.sqrt((yy - cy) ** 2 + (xx - cx) ** 2)
r_max = r.max()
bands = []
for i in range(_FFT_BANDS):
mask = (r >= r_max * i / _FFT_BANDS) & (r < r_max * (i + 1) / _FFT_BANDS)
bands.append(float(mag[mask].mean()) if mask.any() else 0.0)
# Bayer CFA shows as symmetric peaks at half the Nyquist on diagonals
peaks = []
for dy, dx in _BAYER_OFFSETS:
y, x = cy + dy * (h // 4), cx + dx * (w // 4)
neighborhood = mag[y - 2 : y + 3, x - 2 : x + 3]
peaks.append(float(neighborhood.max() - mag.mean()))
return {"fft_band_energy": bands, "cfa_peaks": peaks, "cfa_peak": max(peaks)}
def ela_map(rgb: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray | None:
"""Absolute per-pixel error after a q90 JPEG re-save."""
try:
img = Image.fromarray(rgb.astype(np.uint8))
buf = io.BytesIO()
img.save(buf, "JPEG", quality=90)
buf.seek(0)
resaved = np.asarray(Image.open(buf).convert("RGB"), dtype=np.float32)
except Exception:
return None
if resaved.shape != rgb.shape:
return None
return np.abs(rgb - resaved).mean(axis=-1)
def ela_features(err: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""Error-level stats after a q90 JPEG re-save; global only, no map."""
return {"ela_mean": float(err.mean()), "ela_p95": float(np.percentile(err, 95))}
def gradient_features(gray: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
gy, gx = np.gradient(gray)
mag = np.sqrt(gx**2 + gy**2)
hist = np.histogram(mag, bins=10, range=(0, 255))[0].tolist()
lap = np.gradient(gy, axis=0) + np.gradient(gx, axis=1)
return {"gradient_hist": hist, "laplacian_var": float(lap.var())}
def color_features(rgb: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, Any]:
small = rgb[::4, ::4] # decimate; histogram is position-blind anyway
bins = (small / 256 * 4).astype(int).clip(0, 3)
idx = bins[..., 0] * 16 + bins[..., 1] * 4 + bins[..., 2]
hist = np.bincount(idx.ravel(), minlength=64).tolist()
mx = small.max(axis=-1)
mn = small.min(axis=-1)
sat = np.where(mx > 0, (mx - mn) / np.maximum(mx, 1e-6), 0)
return {
"color_hist_4x4x4": hist,
"saturation_mean": float(sat.mean()),
"value_mean": float(mx.mean() / 255),
}
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()