• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.159-163
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• 2016

Block compressed sensing (BCS) is widely used in image sampling and is an efficient, effective technique. Through the use of BCS, an image can be simultaneously compressed and encrypted. In this paper, a novel reversible data hiding (RDH) method is proposed to embed additional data into BCS images. The proposed method is the first RDH method of its kind for BCS images. Results demonstrate that our approach performs better compared with other state-of-the-art RDH methods on encrypted images.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.405-424
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• 2013

In publishing applications, it is advantageous to embed data in halftone images. The CPT scheme (Chen-Pan-Tseng, 2000) is a steganographic data hiding scheme that was proposed for binary images, e.g., facsimiles. The CPT scheme uses a secret key and weight matrix to protect the hidden data and can hide as many as $r={\lfloor}{\log}_2(m{\times}n+1){\rfloor}$ bits of data in the image by changing at most 2 bits in the image. Our proposed scheme also uses a secret key to protect it from being compromised and a weight matrix to increase the data hiding rate. Our scheme improves the performance of the CPT scheme by using the simple principle of splitting each block into two parts. Our proposed scheme is called improved CPT (ICPT) and has a very high embedding capacity compared to previous schemes. Experimental results demonstrate that our proposed scheme generally has higher performance than previous schemes.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.1020-1042
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• 2019

Reversible data hiding in encrypted images (RDHEI) provides some real-time cloud applications; i.e. the cloud, acting as a data-hider, automatically embeds timestamp in the encrypted image uploaded by a content owner. Many existing methods of RDHEI only satisfy user privacy in which the data-hider does not know the original image, but leaks owner privacy in which the receiver can obtains the original image by decryption and extraction. In the literature, the method of Zhang et al. is the one providing weak content-owner privacy in which the content-owner and data-hider have to share a data-hiding key. In this paper, we take care of the stronger notion, called strong content-owner privacy, and achieve it by presenting a new reversible data hiding in encrypted images. In the proposed method, image decryption and message extraction are separately controlled by different types of keys, and thus such functionalities are decoupled to solve the privacy problem. At the technique level, the original image is segmented along a Hilbert filling curve. To keep image privacy, segments are transformed into an encrypted image by using random permutation. The encrypted image does not reveal significant information about the original one. Data embedment can be realized by using pixel histogram-style hiding, since this property, can be preserved before or after encryption. The proposed method is a modular method to compile some specific reversible data hiding to those in encrypted image with content owner privacy. Finally, our experimental results show that the image quality is 50.85dB when the averaged payload is 0.12bpp.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1521-1537
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• 2021

Through information hiding technique, secret message can be hidden in pictures. Stego-image quality and hiding capacity are two important metrics for information hiding. To enhance these metrics, many schemes were proposed by scholars in recent years. Some of them are effective and successful, but there is still a room for further improvement. A high capacity information hiding scheme (PAMO, Pixel-value Adjustment with Modulus Operation Algorithm) is introduced in this paper. PAMO scheme uses pixel value adjustment with modulus operation to hide confidential data in cover-image. PAMO scheme and some referenced schemes are implemented in Python and experiments are carried out to evaluate their performance. In the experiments, PAMO scheme shows better performance than other methods do. When secret message length is less than 72000 bits, the highest hiding capacity of PAMO can reach 7 bits per pixel, at the same time the PSNR of stego-images is greater than 30 dB.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.945-958
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• 2017

This paper proposes a novel method of reversible data hiding in JPEG images. After analyzing the JPEG features, we provide a new algorithm of selecting appropriate blocks and coefficients to carry secret messages. Instead of embedding data into the histogram of all coefficients, we propose a strategy of ordered embedding to hide data by histogram shifts in several rounds. On the recipient end, secret messages can be exactly extracted, and the original JPEG image can be losslessly recovered. Experimental results show that high embedding rate can be achieved with limited distortions. Most importantly, the marked JPEG file generated by the proposed method requires less storage size than state-of-the-art works.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2008

This paper proposes a new data hiding method for binary images using the weighting value of pixel-value differencing. The binary cover image is partitioned into non-overlapping sub-blocks and find the most suitable position to embed a secret bit for each sub-block. The proposed method calculates the weighted value for a sub-block to pivot a pixel to be changed. This improves the image quality of the stego-image. The experimental results show that the proposed method achieves a good visual quality and high capacity.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.3406-3418
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• 2022

Reversible data hiding is an algorithm that has ability to extract the secret data and to restore the marked image to its original version after data extracting. However, some previous schemes offered the low image quality of marked images. To solve this shortcoming, a new reversible data hiding scheme based on pixel value ordering and edge detection mechanism is proposed. In our proposed scheme, the edge image is constructed to divide all pixels into the smooth regions and rough regions. Then, the pixels in the smooth regions are separated into non overlapping blocks. Then, by taking advantages of the high correlation of current pixels and their adjacent pixels in the smooth regions, PVO algorithm is applied for embedding secret data to maintain the minimum distortion. The experimental results showed that our proposed scheme obtained the larger embedding capacity. Moreover, the greater image quality of marked images are achieved by the proposed scheme than that other previous schemes while the high EC is embedded.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2009

본 논문에서 우리는 이진 이미지에 기초한 정교한 방법을 소개한다. 이 기술은 이진 이미지와 하프톤이미지에 데이터를 저장하는 방법이다. 이진 이미지는 비트맵 이미지고 하프톤 이미지는 제한된 범위를 두 개의 값으로 구성한 이미지다. 이와 같은 이유 때문에, 이러한 이미지는 약간의 수정만으로 이미지의 질이 좋지 않다. 그러므로, 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해, 이진 이미지에 RLE 기법을 적용하였다. 즉, 우리는 이 방법으로 메시지를 은폐하기에 적합한 장소를 찾는 것이 가능하다. 우리는 이진 이미지에 데이터를 은폐하는 새로운 기법을 본 논문에서 제한하였다. 또한, 우리는 PWLC 방법보다 우리가 제안한 알고리즘이 더 우수함을 실험을 통해서 입증하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.325-328
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• 2014

A modified version of Zhang's reversible data hiding method in encrypted images is proposed in this letter. To make full use of spatial correlation in natural images, the former idea of block division is thoroughly abandoned, whereas the random diffusion strategy is used. Additionally, the fluctuation measurement of pixels containing embedded data is improved by accurate prediction. The experiment results reveal that our proposed method is superior to both Zhang's method and the later improved version proposed by Hong and others.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2014

BTC는 단색 이미지 데이터의 압축을 위해서 사용되는 최근의 기술이다. BTC의 알고리즘은 평균과 표준편차를 사용하여 구현한다. 데이터 은닉을 위해, 이미지의 비트-구조를 변경하는 과정이 요구된다. 이러한 변경은 BTC 이미지의 질의 성능을 나쁘게 만든다. 따라서, 우리는 데이터 은닉의 성능 개선을 위해서 BTC를 개선한 IODBTC를 제한하였다. 실험 결과 복원한 비밀 메시지가 원본 비밀 메시지와 같음을 증명하였고 제안한 방법이 이전의 스킴에 비해서 좋은 BTC 이미지임을 증명하였다.