Data Hiding in Computer-Generated Stained Glass Images and Its Applications to Information Protection

Shi-Chei HUNG; Da-Chun WU; Wen-Hsiang TSAI

doi:10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7239

Data Hiding in Computer-Generated Stained Glass Images and Its Applications to Information Protection

Shi-Chei HUNG, Da-Chun WU, Wen-Hsiang TSAI

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The two issues of art image creation and data hiding are integrated into one and solved by a single approach in this study. An automatic method for generating a new type of computer art, called stained glass image, which imitates the stained-glass window picture, is proposed. The method is based on the use of a tree structure for region growing to construct the art image. Also proposed is a data hiding method which utilizes a general feature of the tree structure, namely, number of tree nodes, to encode the data to be embedded. The method can be modified for uses in three information protection applications, namely, covert communication, watermarking, and image authentication. Besides the artistic stego-image content which may distract the hacker's attention to the hidden data, data security is also considered by randomizing both the input data and the seed locations for region growing, yielding a stego-image which is robust against the hacker's attacks. Good experimental results proving the feasibility of the proposed methods are also included.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E103-D No.4 pp.850-865

Publication Date: 2020/04/01

Publicized: 2020/01/15

Online ISSN: 1745-1361

DOI: 10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7239

Type of Manuscript: PAPER

Category: Image Processing and Video Processing

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Shi-Chei HUNG
  National Chiao Tung University
Da-Chun WU
  National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
Wen-Hsiang TSAI
  National Chiao Tung University,Asia University

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computer art, stained glass image, data hiding, region growing, covert communication, watermarking, image authentication

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Shi-Chei HUNG, Da-Chun WU, Wen-Hsiang TSAI, "Data Hiding in Computer-Generated Stained Glass Images and Its Applications to Information Protection" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information, vol. E103-D, no. 4, pp. 850-865, April 2020, doi: 10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7239.
Abstract: The two issues of art image creation and data hiding are integrated into one and solved by a single approach in this study. An automatic method for generating a new type of computer art, called stained glass image, which imitates the stained-glass window picture, is proposed. The method is based on the use of a tree structure for region growing to construct the art image. Also proposed is a data hiding method which utilizes a general feature of the tree structure, namely, number of tree nodes, to encode the data to be embedded. The method can be modified for uses in three information protection applications, namely, covert communication, watermarking, and image authentication. Besides the artistic stego-image content which may distract the hacker's attention to the hidden data, data security is also considered by randomizing both the input data and the seed locations for region growing, yielding a stego-image which is robust against the hacker's attacks. Good experimental results proving the feasibility of the proposed methods are also included.
URL: https://global.ieice.org/en_transactions/information/10.1587/transinf.2019EDP7239/_p

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