Data Hiding Method Based on Block Relation in DWT Domain for Color Images

Author

Sun, Q.D. ; Zuo, J.C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Shanghai Second Polytech. Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2009

fDate

11-13 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Secret data hiding in color images is more difficult than other formats since the any change of color images is easier to be noticed visually. This study proposes a new method for data hiding in the R, G and B components of color image using a visual model to control the embedding intensity. Firstly, a visual model is employed to calculate the block based just noticeable difference (JND). Then, two neighboring image blocks are selected each time from the color component with Hilbert scanning order, and transformed by discrete wavelet transform (DWT) respectively. Lastly, according to the JND and the secret bit, the means size relation of two relative detail sub-bands coefficients in DWT domain is adjusted to hide the data. The experimental results show that the proposed method has the property of high capacity, good imperceptibility and low bit error rate.

Keywords

Hilbert transforms; data encapsulation; discrete wavelet transforms; error statistics; image colour analysis; DWT domain; Hilbert scanning order; RGB component; block based just noticeable difference; block relation; color image; discrete wavelet transform; image block; imperceptibility; low bit error rate; secret data hiding method; sub bands coefficient; Color; Data encapsulation; Data mining; Discrete wavelet transforms; Equations; Humans; Information security; Robustness; Sun; Watermarking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence and Software Engineering, 2009. CiSE 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4507-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4507-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISE.2009.5363958

Filename

5363958