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A Study on Steganography Using Cartoon Image (카툰 화상을 이용한 심층암호에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Young-Ran;Park, Ji-Hwan
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.7 no.7
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    • pp.913-921
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    • 2004
  • Steganography is a kind of data hiding which can hide secret information to digital media. It is performed so that another person does not recognize any information and make secret communication between each other. Specially, it is not easy to hide secret information without being visually recognized in scanned text image or cartoon image etc. In this paper, we propose an improved method that can embed a large quantity of secret information in a binary image without noticeable artifacts. Binary cartoon image is divided into block of 3-by-3 sizes. Secret information is embedded by using run-length of 8-neighborhood pixels except for the center pixel of the block. To improve the embedding capacity, we embed it into center pixel under to some condition.

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Weakness and Improvements of Yong-Lee's Anonymous Fingerprinting Protocol (Yong-Lee의 익명 핑거프린팅 프로토콜의 안전성 취약점 및 개선 방안)

  • Sohn, Ki-Wook;Lee, Yun-Ho;Won, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.151-155
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    • 2006
  • In 2005, Yong and Lee proposed a buyer-seller fingerprinting protocol using symmetric and commutative encryptions. They claimed that their protocol was practical and anonymous since they used symmetric and commutative encryptions. However, an attacker can get the content embedded with one or more honest buyers' fingerprints using man-in-the-middle attack. In this letter, we point out the weakness and propose methods for improving to their protocol.

A Study on Digital Watermarking of MPEG Coded Video Using Wavelet Transform (웨이블릿 변환를 이용한 MPEG 디지털동영상 워터마킹에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hak-Chan;Jo, Cheol-Hun;Song, Jung-Won
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.8B no.5
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    • pp.579-586
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    • 2001
  • Digital watermarking is to embed imperceptible mark into image, video, audio, and text data to prevent the illegal copy of multimedia data. arbitrary modification, and also illegal sales of the copies without agreement of copyright ownership. In this paper, we study for the embedding and extraction of watermark key using wavelet in the luminance signal in order to implement the system to protect the copyright for image MPEG. First, the original image is analyzed into frequency domain by discrete wavelet transform. The RSA(Rivest, Shamir, Aldeman) public key of the coded target is RUN parameter of VLD(variable length coding). Because the high relationship among the adjacent RUN parameters effect the whole image, it prevents non-authorizer not to possess private key from behaving illegally. The Results show that the proposed method provides better moving picture and the distortion more key of insert than direct coded method on low-frequency domain based DCT.

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Stereo Image Blind Watermarking Scheme based-on Discrete Wavelet Transform and adaptive Disparity Estimation (웨이블릿 변환과 적응적 변이 추정을 이용한 스테레오 영상 블라인드 워터마킹)

  • Ko Jung-Hwan;Kim Sung-Il;Kim Eun-Soo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.31 no.2C
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    • pp.130-138
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, a new stereo image watermarking scheme based-on adaptive disparity estimation algorithm is proposed. That is, a watermark image is embedded into the right image of a stereo image pair by using the DWT and disparity information is extracted from this watermarked right image and the left image. And then, both of this extracted disparity information and the left image are transmitted to the recipient through the communication channel. At the receiver, the watermarked right image is reconstructed from the received left image and disparity information through an adaptive matching algorithm. a watermark image is finally extracted from this reconstructed right image. From some experiments using CCETT's 'Manege' and 'Friends' images as a stereo image and English alphabet '3DRC' as a watermark image, it is found that the PSNRs of the watermarked image from the reconstructed right images through the adaptive matching algorithm & DWT is improved 2.03 dB, 3.03 dB and robusted against various attacks. These experimental results also suggest a possibility of practical implementation of an adaptive matching also-rithm-based stereo imagewatermarking scheme proposed in this paper.

The Implementation of the Digital watermarking for 3D Polygonal Model (3차원 형상 모델의 디지털 워터마킹 구현)

  • Kim, Sun-Hyung;Lee, Sun-Heum;Kim, Gee-Seog;Ahn, Deog-Sang
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.9D no.5
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    • pp.925-930
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    • 2002
  • This paper discusses techniques for embedding data into 3D polygonal models of geometry. Much researches of Watermarking had been gone as element technology of DRM (digital rights management). But, few research had gone to 3D polygonal model. Most research is limited at text document, 2D image, animation, music etc. RP system is suitable a few production in various goods species, and it is used much in industry to possible reason that produce prototype and find error or incongruent factor at early stage on design in product development childhood. This paper is research about method that insert watermark in STL ( stereolithography) file that have 3D shape model. Proposed algorithm inserts watermark in normal vector region and facet's interior region of 3D shape data. For this reason, 3D shape does not produce some flexure and fulfill invisibility of watermark. Experiment results that insert and extract watermark in normal netter region and facet's Interior region of 3D shape data by proposed algorithm do not influence entirely in 3D shape and show that insertion and extraction of watermark are possible.

An Entropy Masking Model for Image and Video Watermarking (영상 워터마킹을 위한 엔트로피 마스킹 모델)

  • Kim, Seong-Whan;Shan Suthaharan
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.10B no.5
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    • pp.491-496
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    • 2003
  • We present a new watermark design tool for digital images and digital videos that are based on human visual system (HVS) characteristics. In this tool, basic mechanisms (inhibitory and excitatory behaviour of cells) of HVS are used to determine image dependent upper bound values on watermark insertion. This allows us to insert maximai allowable transparent watermark, which in turn is extremely hard to attack with common image processing, Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) compression. As the number of details (e.g. edges) increases in an image, the HVS decrease its sensitivity to the details. In the same manner, as the number of motion increases in a video signal, the HVS decrease its sensitivity to the motions. We model this decreased sensitivity to the details and motions as an (motion) entropy masking. Entropy masking model can be efficiently used to increase the robustness of image and video watermarks. We have shown that our entropy-masking model provides watermark scheme with increased transparency and henceforth increased robustness.

Hybrid Watermarking Technique using DWT Subband Structure and Spatial Edge Information (DWT 부대역구조와 공간 윤곽선정보를 이용한 하이브리드 워터마킹 기술)

  • 서영호;김동욱
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.29 no.5C
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    • pp.706-715
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, to decide the watermark embedding positions and embed the watermark we use the subband tee structure which is presented in the wavelet domain and the edge information in the spatial domain. The significant frequency region is estimated by the subband searching from the higher frequency subband to the lower frequency subband. LH1 subband which has the higher frequency in tree structure of the wavelet domain is divided into 4${\times}$4 submatrices, and the threshold which is used in the watermark embedding is obtained by the blockmatrix which is consists by the average of 4${\times}$4 submatrices. Also the watermark embedding position, Keymap is generated by the blockmatrix for the energy distribution in the frequency domain and the edge information in the spatial domain. The watermark is embedded into the wavelet coefficients using the Keymap and the random sequence generated by LFSR(Linear feedback shift register). Finally after the inverse wavelet transform the watermark embedded image is obtained. the proposed watermarking algorithm showed PSNR over 2㏈ and had the higher results from 2% to 8% in the comparison with the previous research for the attack such as the JPEG compression and the general image processing just like blurring, sharpening and gaussian noise.

Digital Watermark Generation Algorithm Embedding Hangul Text (한글 텍스트가 내장된 디지털 워터마크 생성 알고리즘)

  • Cho, Dae-Jea;Kim, Hyun-ki
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.10B no.5
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    • pp.485-490
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we propose the possibility of introducing chaotic sequences into digital watermarking systems as potential substitutes to commonly used pseudo noise sequences. Chaotic sequences have several good properties including the availability of a great number of them, the ease of their generation, as well as their sensitive dependence on their initial conditions. And the quantization does not destroy the good property. So this paper proposes a method that transforms Hangul text to chaotic sequence. And we presents how the Hangul text is expressed by an implied data and the implied data is regenerated into the original text. In this paper, we use this implied Hangul text for watermarking.

Research on Equal-resolution Image Hiding Encryption Based on Image Steganography and Computational Ghost Imaging

  • Leihong Zhang;Yiqiang Zhang;Runchu Xu;Yangjun Li;Dawei Zhang
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.270-281
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    • 2024
  • Information-hiding technology is introduced into an optical ghost imaging encryption scheme, which can greatly improve the security of the encryption scheme. However, in the current mainstream research on camouflage ghost imaging encryption, information hiding techniques such as digital watermarking can only hide 1/4 resolution information of a cover image, and most secret images are simple binary images. In this paper, we propose an equal-resolution image-hiding encryption scheme based on deep learning and computational ghost imaging. With the equal-resolution image steganography network based on deep learning (ERIS-Net), we can realize the hiding and extraction of equal-resolution natural images and increase the amount of encrypted information from 25% to 100% when transmitting the same size of secret data. To the best of our knowledge, this paper combines image steganography based on deep learning with optical ghost imaging encryption method for the first time. With deep learning experiments and simulation, the feasibility, security, robustness, and high encryption capacity of this scheme are verified, and a new idea for optical ghost imaging encryption is proposed.

A Method of QoS Measurement of Multimedia Data based on Digital Watermarking (멀티미디어 데이터의 QoS 보장을 위한 디지털 워터마킹 기법 적용)

  • Ryu Kyeung-Ha;Kim Min-Su;Jung Ho-Youl;Chung Hyun-Yeol
    • Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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    • spring
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    • pp.327-330
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    • 2002
  • 디지털 워터 마킹은 일반적으로 지적 재산권의 보호를 위해서 컨텐츠 소유자가 자신의 컨텐츠에 저작권 정보를 나타내는 워터마크를 삽입하여 제 3자가 허가 없이 디지털 컨텐츠의 사용을 할 경우 불법적인 사용을 막아내는 데 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 워터마킹 기법의 새로운 적용 예로써 인터넷 또는 무선 환경을 통한 멀티미디어 데이터 전송 시 수신된 데이터의 품질을 사용자 측면에서 측정 할 수 있는 방안, 즉 디지털 워터마킹 기법의 새로운 적용 예에 대하여 고찰하였다. 제안하는 방법은 네트워크 상에서 발생하는 패킷 손실, 지연 등의 통계적 해석으로 수신 된 멀티미디어 데이터의 품질을 평가하는 척도로 사용하는 기존의 방법과는 달리 사용자 측면에서 눈으로 보이는 데이터의 일그러짐 정도나, 음질의 왜곡을 정량적인 측정치로 보여 줄 수 있음으로써, 오디오 데이터의 QoS(Quality of Service)를 보장하기 위한 수단이나 수신품질에 따른 차별화 된 과금 결정 등에 활용할 수 있을 것이다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 멀티미디어 데이터의 품질 측정을 위한 블라인드 워터마킹 기법을 적용하고 다양한 비트 에러율 (Bit Error Rate, BER)을 갖는 BSC(Binary Symmetric Channel)에 적용시켜 봄으로써 멀티미디어 데이터에 삽입된 워터마크 신호의 검출정도와 수신된 미디어 신호의 PSNR비가 선형적인 분포를 가지게 됨을 확인 할 수 있었다.

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