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In this paper, we propose a new lossless data hiding method where distortion due to data embedding can be completely removed from the watermarked image after the watermark has been extracted. In the proposed method, we utilize characteristics of the difference image and modify pixel values slightly to embed the data. We show that the lower bound of the PSNR (peak-signal-to-noise-ratio) values for typical images are about 51.14 dB. Moreover, the proposed method is quite simple and fast. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can embed a large amount of data while keeping high visual quality of test images.
This work was supported in part by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), in part by the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) through the Realistic Broadcasting Research Center (RBRC) at GIST, and in part by the Ministry of Education (MOE) through the Brain Korea 21 (BK21) project.
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Lee, SK., Suh, YH., Ho, YS. (2004). Lossless Data Hiding Based on Histogram Modification of Difference Images. In: Aizawa, K., Nakamura, Y., Satoh, S. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2004. PCM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3333. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30543-9_43
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