• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2009년도 IWAIT
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• pp.572-577
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• 2009

This paper proposes a novel reversible image authentication method that requires neither location map nor memorization of parameters. The proposed method detects image tampering and further localizes tampered regions. Though this method once distorts an image to hide data for tamper detection, it recovers the original image from the distorted image unless no tamper is applied to the image. The method extracts hidden data and recovers the original image without memorization of any location map that indicates hiding places and of any parameter used in the algorithm. This feature makes the proposed method practical. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.990-1000
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• 2015

This paper presents an overlapping pattern substitution (PS) method. The original overlapping PS method as a reversible data hiding scheme works well with only four pattern pairs among fifteen possible such pairs. This paper generalizes the original PS method so that it will work well with an optimal pair from among the fifteen possible pattern pairs. To implement such an overlapping PS method, changeable and embeddable patterns are first defined. A class map is virtually constructed to identify the changeable and embeddable pairs. The run-lengths between consecutive least probable patterns are recorded. Experiments show that an implementation of our overlapping PS method works well with any possible type of pairs. Comparison results show that the proposed method achieves more embedding capacity, a higher PSNR value, and less human visual distortion for a given embedding payload.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.2817-2834
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• 2016

The existing reversible data hiding methods for block truncation coding (BTC) compressed images often utilize difference expansion or histogram shifting technique for data embedment. Although these methods effectively embed data into the compressed codes, the embedding operations may swap the numerical order of the higher and lower quantization levels. Since the numerical order of these two quantization levels can be exploited to carry additional data without destroying the quality of decoded image, the existing methods cannot take the advantages of this property to embed data more efficiently. In this paper, we embed data by shifting the higher and lower quantization levels in opposite direction. Because the embedment does not change numerical order of quantization levels, we exploit this property to carry additional data without further reducing the image quality. The proposed method performs no-distortion embedding if the payload is small, and performs reversible data embedding for large payload. The experimental results show that the proposed method offers better embedding performance over prior works in terms of payload and image quality.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 하나의 서브블럭내에서 픽셀값정렬과 예측오차확장기법을 확장한 새로운 가역 정보은닉기법을 제안한다. 각 $2{\times}2$ 서브블록에서 최소값 그룹과 최대값 그룹으로 나누고, 최소값 그룹에서는 제일 작은 값에 비밀자료를 숨기고, 최대값 그룹에서는 제일 큰 값에 비밀자료를 숨긴다. 제안한 알고리즘은 평균 13,900 비트의 삽입용량을 가지는데 이 결과는 31.39dB의 시각적인 왜곡을 유지하면서 기존 알고리즘보다 4,553 비트 더 많이 숨길 수 있음을 실험을 통해서 보여주고 있다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.1329-1340
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• 2016

최근 Zhang은 동기식 스트림 암호를 통해 암호화된 영상에 데이터를 은닉하는 방법을 제안하였다. 수신자는 먼저 암호화된 영상을 복호하고, 복호된 영상에 섭동 함수(fluctuation function)를 이용하여 공간 상관 특성 값을 계산함으로써 데이터를 추출한다. 그 후 Hong은 사이드 매치(side match) 기법을 이용하여 Zhang의 데이터 은닉 기법을 개선하였다. 본 논문에서는 데이터 추출과정에서 발생하는 오류를 감소시키기 위해 새로운 섭동 함수를 제안하고, 표본 영상들에 대한 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해 제안하는 기법이 기존의 방법들보다 우수함을 검증하였다.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2024

Illegal manipulation and alteration of digital content are becoming a social issue. To address this problem, there is an increasing demand for the development of technologies to prevent the manipulation and alteration of digital content. This paper proposes a data hiding algorithm capable of embedding a larger amount of confidential data in the original cover image while minimizing the degradation of image quality in stego images. The algorithm presented in this paper analyzes the characteristics of the image to extract corner points and then uses a method to insert watermarks around these extracted corner points. Additionally, through experimentation, it has been proven that this algorithm can insert a greater amount of watermark without degrading the image quality compared to other existing algorithms.

• 정보통신설비학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2009

In this paper, a novel method for data hiding into binary images is proposed. Binary image has two tones: black and white. For this reason, it is not easy to hide messages into binary images. PWLC (pair-wise logical computation) is a new method to hide message into binary images. However, it yields images of unacceptable quality and its decoding process is unclear. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, we adopt the run-length method to achieve advanced reversible data hiding. That is, we find a proper region to hide messages to reduce visual degradation. In this paper, we introduce an improved procedure to hide messages into binary images.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1105-1118
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• 2014

In this paper, a new reversible data hiding method based on a dual binary tree of embedding levels is proposed. Four neighborhood pixels in the upper, below, left and right of each pixel are used as reference pixels to estimate local complexity for deciding embeddable and non-embeddable pixels. The proposed method does not need to record pixels that might cause underflow, overflow or unsuitable for embedment. This can reduce the size of location map and release more space for payload. Experimental results show that the proposed method is more effective in increasing payload and improving image quality than some recently proposed methods.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 암호화된 이미지에서 Zhang의 가역적 데이터 은닉 기법을 개선하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 기존의 기법에서는 주변 픽셀의 평균값이 섭동함수로 사용되었고 모의실험 시 오류 성능이 저하됨을 확인되었다. 제안하는 시스템에서는 비트 오류율을 줄이고자 섭동을 측정 할 때 주변 함수와의 차이의 합을 더하여 계산한다. 또한 경계 픽셀을 고려한 변동함수의 새로운 계산법을 제안한다. Zhang과 Hong의 시스템과 비교 시 제안 기법의 성능이 우수함을 모의실험을 통해 확인할 수 있다. 이 결과로부터 제안 시스템을 사용할 경우 오류 없이 정보를 더 전송할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.435-452
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• 2010

This paper proposes a novel reversible data hiding scheme based on a Vector Quantization (VQ) codebook. The proposed scheme uses the principle component analysis (PCA) algorithm to sort the codebook and to find two similar codewords of an image block. According to the secret to be embedded and the difference between those two similar codewords, the original image block is transformed into a difference number table. Finally, this table is compressed by entropy coding and sent to the receiver. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve greater hiding capacity, about five bits per index, with an acceptable bit rate. At the receiver end, after the compressed code has been decoded, the image can be recovered to a VQ compressed image.