• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.5 no.9
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• pp.1069-1078
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• 2004

We propose an individual authentication method based on optical visual cryptography in thata fingerprint data is processed by secret sharing method taking into account the optical visual cryptograph and a part of shared data transmitted through an open network. Whenever it is necessary, submitting his fingerprint with the other shared information can authenticate the owner of the fingerprint. The system efficiently identifies fingerprints through optical correlation, regardless of difficulties of acquisition of exact fingerprint imagein the various environments.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.3401-3420
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• 2018

Pixel expansion and contrast are two major performance parameters for visual cryptography scheme (VCS), which is a type of secret image sharing. Random Grid (RG) is an alternative approach to solve the pixel expansion problem. Chen and Tsao proposed the first (k, n) RG-based VCS, and then Guo et al., Wu et al., Shyu, and Yan et al. significantly improved the contrast in recent years. However, the investigations on improving the contrast of threshold RG-based VCS are not sufficient. In this paper, we develop a contrast-improved algorithm for (k, n) RG-based VCS. Theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperformers the previous threshold algorithms with better visual quality and a higher accuracy of contrast.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.630-635
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• 2003

We propose an encryption method using visual cryptography and virtual phase images. In the encryption process, the original image is shared by virtual images and the decryption key image. We multiply the virtual phase images with each complex image, which has the constant value of its sum after performing the phase modulation of the virtual images and the decryption key. The encryption cards are made by Fourier transforming the multiplied images. It is possible to protect information about the original image because the cards do not have any information from the original image. To reconstruct the original image, all the encryption cards are placed on each path of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and then the lights passing through them are summed. Since the summed image is inverse Fourier transformed by a Fourier lens, the phase image is multiplied with the decryption key and the output image is obtained in the form of intensity on the CCD plane. Computer simulations show a good performance of the pro-posed optical security system.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.202-207
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• 2007

Optical visual cryptography (OVC) based on binary computer generated holograms (BCGH) is proposed. OVC used optics instead of human eyesight for decryption of visual cryptography (VC). As a result, it was possible to adapt cryptography to an optical system. However, it also had some difficulties because it did not overcome the existing problems of VC completely. This paper suggests a method of optical cryptography implementation based on the phase modulation characteristics of a liquid crystal display (LCD). The problems are evaluated by simulation. This system shows that the noise is reduced and resolution is improved compared with the conventional OVC.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.11b
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• pp.321-324
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• 2000

In this paper, we proposed a new visual cryptography scheme based on optical interference which improves the contrast and SNR of reconstructed images comparing with conventional visual cryptography method. We divided an binary image to be encrypted into n slides. To encrypt them, (n-1) random independent keys and one another random key by XOR process between four random keys were prepared. XOR between each divided image and each random key makes encrypted n encrypted images. From these images, encrypted binary phase masks can be made. For decryption all of phase masks should be placed together in the interferometer such as Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.2862-2878
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• 2020

Data Security is the most challenging area in Internet communication, where most of the secret sharing schemes are proposed for binary images. But still it lacks in providing security for data communication, especially in image transmission. Traditional visual cryptography scheme generate meaningless diwies and the reconstruction phase leads to quality degradation over the secret image. In this work, an intelligent two dimensional secret share construction scheme is proposed. A secret image is expanded into n diwies with the choice of scheme selection. By Stacking all the qualified diwies to revert the secret image without content loss and less than s^* - 1 shares could not reveal any information about the secret image. The experimental results emphasize that the proposed secret share scheme is highly secured for image transmission.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.495-508
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• 2015

In this paper, a novel robust medical images watermarking scheme is proposed. In traditional methods, the added watermark may alter the host medical image in an irreversible manner and may mask subtle details. Consequently, we propose a method for medical image copyright protection that may remedy this problem by embedding the watermark without modifying the original host image. The proposed method is based on the visual cryptography concept and the dominant blocks of wavelet coefficients. The logic in using the blocks dominants map is that local features, such as contours or edges, are unique to each image. The experimental results show that the proposed method can withstand several image processing attacks such as cropping, filtering, compression, etc.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.760-763
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• 2004

We propose a biometrical information security method based on Optical Visual Cryptography in that a fingerprint data is processed by Secret Sharing method taking into account the Optical Visual Cryptography and a part of shared data transmitted through an open network. Whenever necessary the owner or the fingerprint can be authenticated by submitting his fingerprint with the other shared information.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.15-26
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• 2001

Visual cryptography is a simple method in which secret information can be directly decoded in human visual system without any cryptographic computations. When the secret image is scattered to n random shares(slides), this scheme has some week point such as pixel expansion and contrast degradation. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the pixel expansion and improve the contrast in recovered image. In this paper, we propose a new construction method for (k, n) visual cryptography using the cumulative matrix. In case k is odd, we can construct the cumulative matrix perfectly. For even k, the contrast of special pair in decoded image can be achieved best by permitting multiple contract. The proposed method is more simple than that of S. Droste\`s in construction and the average contrast of decoded image is improved for the most part. Also, we show that the basis matrices depending on the cumulative matrix are able to be applied for the general access structure.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.80-89
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• 1998

In this paper, we consider the method which a secret information is distributed in hard-copied image using visual cryptography that the secret can be identifying simply by human eyes. If slides constructed by patterning, which is one of dithering method, are considered from the viewpoint of visual cryptography, each slides will maintain the shape of original image because these slides have different Hamming weights. Therefore, this method has the advantage that information distributed into slides by stacking them can decode and the shape about the original image can be keeping as well. In this paper, we propose the method which shares the secret information into multiple original images by extension of ONM (Oka-Nakamura-Matsui) method which is devised to embed a secret information on hard-copied image. As a result, this proposed method is applicable to digital watermark because the copyright of image can be identified by stacking an image of owner for verification and the distributed multiple images.