Adaptive image data hiding in edges using patched reference table and pair-wise embedding technique

  • Authors:
  • Wien Hong

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Information Management, Yu Da University, Miaoli 361, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • Information Sciences: an International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Reference table (RT) based embedding method embeds secret digits into pixel pairs under the guidance of a reference table. Most of the existing RT-based methods either require elaborate conversions among different bases, or have limited embedding capacity. In this paper, we use a patched reference table (PRT) as a guide and propose a PRT method to provide a better image quality and extendable embedding capacity. We also exploit the concept of pixel value differencing (PVD) and propose another method PRT-PVD. In the traditional PVD-based methods, the shape of the difference histograms of the stego images is significantly altered and, thus, vulnerable to some steganalyzers. PRT-PVD adopts the PRT method and uses a specially designed embedding sequence to preserve the difference histogram shape. Experimental results reveal that the proposed PRT and PRT-PVD methods not only have better embedding efficiency over the existing methods, but also are robust to detection by modern steganalysis tools.