• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.4443-4462
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• 2020

This paper proposes a new framework of reversible data hiding scheme for absolute moment truncation coding (AMBTC) compressed images. AMBTC-based RDH can be applied to optical remote sensing (ORS) image transmission, which achieves target region preservation and image compression simultaneously. Existing methods can be concluded as two types. In type I schemes, stego codes mimic the original AMBTC format where no file bloat occurs, yet the carried secret data is limited. Type II schemes utilize predication errors to recode quantity levels of AMBTC codes which achieves significant increase in embedding capacity. However, such recoding causes bloat inside stego format, which is not appropriate in mentioned ORS transmission. The proposed method is a novel type I RDH method which prevents bloat inside AMBTC stego codes with significant improvement in embedding capacity. The AMBTC compressed trios are grouped into two categories according to a given threshold. In smooth trio, the modified low quantity level is constructed by concatenating Huffman codes and secret bits. The reversible contrast mapping (RCM) is performed to complex trios for data embedment. Experiments show that the proposed scheme provides highest payload compared with existing type I methods. Meanwhile, no expansion inside stego codes is caused.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.849-855
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• 1987

This paper describes an implementation of the absolute moment block truncation coding(AMBTC) in real time for the moving picture data compression. We have realized a system composed of the encoder and decoder, and operated it using an NTSC TV signal. The encoder consists of a 4-1line buffer memory and a data processing block. Besides, there are signal conditioner and a control signal generator. Experimental results show that the quality of the processed image with a data rate of 10Mb/s is slightly degraded, but not objectionable, comparing data rate of 80Mb/s.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2015

블록절단 코딩 또는 BTC(Block Truncation Coding)는 회색 영상을 위한 손실 영상 압축 기술의 일종이다. 이 방법은 원본 영상을 여러 개의 블록으로 나누고 각 블록에 대해서 평균과 표준편차를 계산하여 각 블록에서의 회색 레벨의 수를 줄인다. BTC는 비디오 압축에 적합하도록 만들어졌다. BTC의 변형된 것으로 AMBTC (Absolute Moment Block Truncation Coding)가 있다. AMBTC는 BTC보다 계산이 간편하다. 본 논문에서는 압축 성능과 이미지 해상도를 높이기 위해서 패턴을 활용한 BTC 기반의 이미지 압축방법을 제안하고자 한다. 이 방법은 여러 이미지의 BTC에 빈도수가 높은 패턴 36개와 64개를 추출하여 코드 북을 만든다. 이미지를 압축할 때 해당 블록과 패턴을 비교해서 일치하는 패턴의 인덱스를 압축에 이용하는 방법이다. 제안한 방법을 실험하였고 36개의 패턴을 활용할 경우 1.37bpp의 압축 성능을 보였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법은 BTC 압축보다 높은 성능을 보였다. 제안한 방법의 성능은 표준 이미지를 이용하여 실험하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.4588-4603
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• 2014

In this paper, we present a high-quality image authentication scheme based on absolute moment block truncation coding. In the proposed scheme, we use the parity of the bitmap (BM) to generate the authentication code for each compressed image block. Data hiding is used to authenticate whether the content has been altered or not. For image authentication, we embed the authentication code to quantization levels of each image block compressed by absolute moment block truncation coding (AMBTC) which will be altered when the host image is manipulated. The embedding position is generated by a pseudo-random number generator for security concerned. Besides, to improve the detection ability we use a hierarchical structure to ensure the accuracy of tamper localization. A watermarked image can be precisely inspected whether it has been tampered intentionally or incautiously by checking the extracted watermark. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed scheme achieved high-quality embedded images and good detection accuracy, with stable performance and high expansibility. Performance comparisons with other block-based data hiding schemes are provided to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed scheme.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2010

이 논문에서는 데이터 은닉기법을 적용하여 BTC 영상을 압축하는 방법을 제안한다. BTC는 일반적인 디지털 영상을 2진 영상으로 압축하는 알고리즘이며 프린터와 같은 응용에서도 사용이 가능하다. BTC 알고리즘에서 이진영상과 함께 전송되는 부가정보의 크기가 이진영상의 크기와 같을 정도로 크므로 이 정보를 정보은닉 기법을 이용하여 줄임으로서 전체적인 전송량을 줄이고자 한다. 하지만 일반적인 BTC 영상에서 데이터 은닉을 위한 공간이 충분하지 않으므로 본 논문에서는 Adaptive AMBTC 알고리즘을 적용하여 생성된 이진영상에 가상 히스토그램을 구한 후 히스토그램 변형을 통하여 부가정보의 양을 줄이고자 한다. 논문에서 제공하는 알고리즘은 기존의 BTC 또는 Adaptive AMBTC 알고리즘에서 생성된 영상과 화질의 차이를 크게 보이지 않는 범위 내에서 파일 크기를 6-11%정도 줄일 수 있다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.447-452
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• 1988

This paper proposes a hybrid image coding in order to improve the coding performance by combining the BTC with the DPCM. And utilizing the human perceptual characteristics, a new objective image quality evaluation method has been proposed to obtain an excellent result in good agreement with the subjective quality evaluation. A hyb-1 method consisting of the DPCM and the AMBTC has retained a good picture quality at the bit rate of 1.5 bits/pel. A hyb-3 method combining the EBTC-3 with the DPCM has scarcely degraded the picture quality compared with the original image at the bit rate of 2.1 bits/pel. A newly proposed mehtod of picture quality evaluation accumulating a blocky noise at the edge block and an impulsive noise at the flat block selectively has been coincident with the subjective evaluation of quality.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.2554-2575
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• 2020

Data hiding technology hides secret information into the carrier, so that when the carrier is transmitted over network, it will not attract any malicious attention. Using data compression, it is possible to reduce the data size into a small compressed code, which can effectively reduce the time when transmitting compressed code on the network. In this paper, the main objective is to effectively combine these two technologies. We designed a data hiding scheme based on two techniques which are turtle-shell information hiding scheme and absolute moment block truncation coding. The experimental results showed that the proposed scheme provided higher embedding capacity and better image quality than other hiding schemes which were based on absolute moment block truncation coding.

• 정보통신설비학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2011

In this paper, I propose flexible base point used for a BTC(Block Truncation Coding). Halftoning images are used for printer by reducing the number of pixel depth. During over 20 years, many researches have been studied to apply this techniques to image compression. BTC algorithms are the compression methods using digital halftoning technique about images. In the BTC algorithm, an image block is divided into higher and lower domain compared with the mean of block. then the MAX and MIN representative values are evaluated by calculating the mean of higher and lower domain respectively. At a result, an image block(for example 88 size) is compressed into 64bits pixel representation and 16 bits of the MAX and MIN. And they also have been tried to sustain the image quality high after compression. In this paper, I found that there is some marginal possibility to enhance the image quality by adjusting the base point(generally mean of block) of existing algorithms.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.3298-3321
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• 2021

A lot of data hiding schemes have been proposed to embed secret data in the plain cover images or compressed images of various formats, including JPEG, AMBTC, VQ, etc. In this paper, we propose a production process of mosaic images based on three regular images of coffee beans. A primary image is first mimicked by the process to produce a mosaic cover image. A two-layer steganography is applied to hide secret data in the mosaic image. Based on the low visual quality of the mosaic cover image, its PSNR value can be improved about 1.5 dB after embedding 3 bpp. This is achieved by leveraging the newly proposed polarized search mask and the concepts of strong embedding and weak embedding. Applying steganography to the mosaic cover images is a completely new idea and it is promising.