Enhance embedding capacity for switch map based multi-group EMD data
hiding

Yan-Xiao Liu; Ching-Nung Yang; Qin-Dong Sun; Yan-Xiao Liu; Ching-Nung Yang; Qin-Dong Sun

doi:10.3934/mbe.2019169

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

2019, Volume 16, Issue 5: 3382-3392. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2019169

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Enhance embedding capacity for switch map based multi-group EMD data hiding

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, XI’AN University of Technology, XI’AN, China
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Department of CSIE, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan

Received: 01 January 2019 Accepted: 27 March 2019 Published: 19 April 2019

Exploiting Modification Direction (EMD) based data hiding achieves good stego-image quality and high security level. Recently, a section-wise EMD was proposed to enhance the embedding capacity of EMD. Later, Wang et al. introduced a switch map based multi-group EMD to further improve the embedding capacity. However, by a detail observation on the switch map in Wang et al.os scheme, we find that more codewords with longer code-length can be put into the switch map. In this paper, we build a new switch map by Huffman code, and construct an enhanced multi-group EMD using Huffman code based switch map. Our scheme has higher embedding capacity than Wang et al.os scheme and other EMD based data hiding methods.
- data Hiding,
- Exploiting Modification Direction,
- switch map,
- Huffman code
Citation: Yan-Xiao Liu , Ching-Nung Yang, Qin-Dong Sun. Enhance embedding capacity for switch map based multi-group EMD datahiding[J]. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2019, 16(5): 3382-3392. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2019169

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Abstract

Exploiting Modification Direction (EMD) based data hiding achieves good stego-image quality and high security level. Recently, a section-wise EMD was proposed to enhance the embedding capacity of EMD. Later, Wang et al. introduced a switch map based multi-group EMD to further improve the embedding capacity. However, by a detail observation on the switch map in Wang et al.os scheme, we find that more codewords with longer code-length can be put into the switch map. In this paper, we build a new switch map by Huffman code, and construct an enhanced multi-group EMD using Huffman code based switch map. Our scheme has higher embedding capacity than Wang et al.os scheme and other EMD based data hiding methods.

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