• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1291-1306
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• 2022

The dual image-based reversible data hiding scheme embeds secret data into two images to increase the embedding capacity of secret data. The dual image-based reversible data hiding scheme can transmit a lot of secret data. Therefore, various schemes have been proposed until recently. In 2021, Chen and Hong proposed a dual image-based reversible data hiding scheme that embeds a large amount of secret data using a reference matrix, secret data, and bit values. However, in this paper, more secret data can be embedded than Chen and Hong's scheme. To achieve this goal, the proposed scheme generates polynomials and shared values using secret sharing scheme, and embeds secret data using reference matrix and septenary number, and random value. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme can transmit more secret data to the receiver while maintaining the image quality similar to other dual image-based reversible data hiding schemes.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2010

리버서블 워터마킹은 디지털 영상에 정보를 은닉하고 인증된 상대에게만 은닉된 정보를 복호화하고 원래의 상태로 영상을 복구하는 방법이다. 본 논문에서는 히스토그램 이동을 이용한 고용량 리버서블 워터마킹을 제안한다. 본 논문에서는 높은 삽입량을 위하여 영상을 $2{\times}2$ 블록으로 분할하고, 각 블록에 수평, 수직, 대각에 대한 화소쌍을 이용하여 가장 빈도가 높은 최대 삽입공간을 찾는다. 최대 삽입공간을 포함하는 위치맵을 이용하여 오버플로우와 언더플로우를 제거하여, 반복적인 워터마크 삽입을 통해 삽입량을 증가시킨다. 실험을 통하여 제안한 방법이 기존의 리버서블 워터마킹 방법과 비교하여 좋은 화질과 높은 삽입량을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2007

Reversible data embedding theory has marked a new epoch for data hiding and information security. Being reversible, the original data and the embedded data as well should be completely restored. Difference expansion transform is a remarkable breakthrough in reversible data hiding scheme. The difference expansion method achieves high embedding capacity and keeps the distortion low. This paper shows that the difference expansion method with simplified location map, and new expandability and changeability can achieve more embedding capacity while keeping the distortion almost the same as the original expansion method.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2015

In order to prepare anode materials for high power lithium ion secondary batteries, carbon composites were fabricated with a mixture of petroleum pitch and coke (PC) and a mixture of petroleum pitch, coke, and natural graphite (PC-NG). Although natural graphite has a good reversible capacity, it has disadvaantages of a sharp decrease in capacity during high rate charging and potential plateaus. This may cause difficulties in perceiving the capacity variations as a function of electrical potential. The coke anodes have advantages without potential plateaus and a high rate capability, but they have a low reversible capacity. With PC anode composites, the petroleum pitch/cokes mixture at 1:4 with heat treatment at $1000^{\circ}C$ (PC14-1000C) showed relatively high electrochemical properties. With PC-NG anode composites, the proper graphite contents were determined at 10~30 wt.%. The composites with a given content of natural graphite and remaining content of various petroleum pitch/cokes mixtures at 1:4~4:1 mass ratios were heated at $800{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$. By increasing the content of petroleum pitch, reversible capacity increased, but a high rate capability decreased. For a given composition of carbonaceous composite, the discharge rate capability improved but the reversible capacity decreased with an increase in heat treatment temperature. The carbonaceous composites fabricated with a mixture of 30 wt.% natural graphite and 70 wt.% petroleum pitch/cokes mixture at 1:4 mass ratio and heat treated at $1000^{\circ}C$ showed relatively high electrochemical properties, of which the reversible capacity, initial efficiency, discharge rate capability (retention of discharge capacity in 10 C/0.2 C), and charge capacity at 5 C were 330 mAh/g, 79 %, 80 %, and 60 mAh/g, respectively.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.891-902
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• 2012

Reversible data hiding scheme is a form of steganography in which the secret embedding data can be retrieved from a stego image for the purpose of identification, copyright protection and making a covert channel. The reversible data hiding should satisfy that not only are the distortions due to artifacts against the cover image invisible but also it has large embedding capacity as far as possible. In this paper, we propose a robust reversible data hiding scheme by exploiting the differences between a center pixel and its neighboring pixels in each sub-block of the image to embed secret data into extra space. Moreover, our scheme enhances the embedding capacity and can recover the embedded data from the stego image without causing any perceptible distortions to the cover image. Simulation results show that our proposed scheme has lower visible distortions in the stego image and provides robustness to geometrical image manipulations, such as rotation and cropping operations.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.3286-3301
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• 2014

Jung and Yoo proposed the first image interpolation-based reversible data hiding algorithm. Although their algorithm achieved superior interpolation results, the embedding capacity was insufficient. Lee and Huang proposed an improved algorithm to enhance the embedding capacity and the interpolation results. However, these algorithms present limitations to magnify the original image to any resolution and pixels in the boundary region of the magnified image are poorly manipulated. Furthermore, the capacity and the image quality can be improved further. This study modifies the pixel mapping scheme and adopts a bilinear interpolation to solve boundary artifacts. The modified reference pixel determination and an optimal pixel adjustment process can effectively enhance the embedding capacity and the image quality. The experimental results show our proposed algorithm achieves a higher embedding capacity under acceptable visual distortions, and can be applied to a magnified image at any resolution. Our proposed technique is feasible in reversible data hiding.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.856-873
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• 2011

Reversible watermarking is an open problem in information hiding field, with embedding the encoded bit '1' or '0' into some sensitive images, such as the law enforcement, medical records and military images. The technique can retrieve the original image without distortion, after the embedded message has been extracted. Histogram-based scheme is a remarkable breakthrough in reversible watermarking schemes, in terms of high embedding capacity and low distortion. This scheme is lack of capacity control due to the requirement for embedding large-scale data, because the largest hidden capacity is decided by the amount of pixels with the peak point. In this paper, we propose a reversible watermarking scheme to enlarge the number of pixels with the peak point as large as possible. This algorithm is based on an adaptive edge-guided interpolation, furthermore, hides messages by interpolation-error, i.e. the difference between the original and interpolated image value. Simulation results compared with other state-of-the-art reversible watermarking schemes in this paper demonstrate the validity of the proposed algorithm.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권12호
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• pp.3100-3116
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• 2012

Reversible data hiding enables the embedding of messages in a host image without any loss of host content, which is proposed for image authentication that if the watermarked image is deemed authentic, we can revert it to the exact copy of the original image before the embedding occurred. In this paper, we present an improved histogram-based reversible data hiding scheme based on prediction and sorting. A rhombus prediction is employed to explore the prediction for histogram-based embedding. Sorting the prediction has a good influence on increasing the embedding capacity. Characteristics of the pixel difference are used to achieve large hiding capacity while keeping low distortion. The proposed scheme exploits a two-stage embedding strategy to solve the problem about communicating peak points. We also present a histogram shifting technique to prevent overflow and underflow. Performance comparisons with other existing reversible data hiding schemes are provided to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed scheme.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.974-986
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• 2016

Reversible image watermarking, a type of digital data hiding, is capable of recovering the original image and extracting the hidden message with precision. A number of reversible algorithms have been proposed to achieve a high embedding capacity and a low distortion. While numerous algorithms for the achievement of a favorable performance regarding a small embedding capacity exist, the main goal of this paper is the achievement of a more favorable performance regarding a larger embedding capacity and a lower distortion. This paper therefore proposes a reversible data hiding algorithm for which a novel piecewise 2D auto-regression (P2AR) predictor that is based on a rhombus-embedding scheme is used. In addition, a minimum description length (MDL) approach is applied to remove the outlier pixels from a training set so that the effect of a multiple linear regression can be maximized. The experiment results demonstrate that the performance of the proposed method is superior to those of previous methods.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제17B권4호
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• pp.275-286
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• 2010

디지털 콘텐츠의 원본 품질을 유지할 수 있고 지적 재산권을 보호할 수 있는 가역 워터마킹 기술에 대한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 특히 원본 품질을 중요시하는 의료, 군사, 예술작품 분야에서 가역 워터마킹의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 추정 오차 확장 및 오류 예측 보정을 통한 고용량 가역 워터마킹 기술을 제안한다. 보간 기법을 사용하여 픽셀의 값을 추정하고, 추정값과 원본값의 차이에 대한 히스토그램을 계산한 후에 이를 확장하여 워터마크 메시지를 삽입한다. 기존의 인접 픽셀 사이의 차이값이 아닌 추정치를 활용함으로써 메시지가 삽입되는 히스토그램 값의 집중도를 높여서 높은 삽입 용량을 달성하였다. 삽입된 워터마크는 추정값과 원본값의 차이에 대한 히스토그램을 복원하여 검출한다. 삽입 후에 발생할 수 있는 오버플로우 및 언더플로우 문제는 오류 예측 기법을 통하여 해결하였다. 제안하는 가역 워터마킹 알고리즘의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 다양한 영상을 활용하여 기존 알고리즘과 비교 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과에 따르면 제안한 알고리즘은 완전한 가역성을 갖으며, 삽입 후에도 높은 영상 품질을 유지하고, 높은 삽입 용량을 얻을 수 있었다.