A Framework of Secured Embedding Scheme Using Vector Discrete Wavelet Transformation and Lagrange Interpolation. (1st March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Subramanian, Maheswari; Korah, Reeba
• Other Names: Zhang Rui Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of computer networks and communications. Volume 2018(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-03-01
• Subjects: Computer networks -- Periodicals; Computer science -- Periodicals; 004.605
• DOI: 10.1155/2018/8695103
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-7141

Abstract

Abstract : Information hiding techniques have a significant role in recent application areas. Steganography is the embedding of information within an innocent cover work in a way which cannot be detected by any person without accessing the steganographic key. The proposed work uses a steganographic scheme for useful information with the help of human skin tone regions as cover image. The proposed algorithm has undergone Lagrange interpolation encryption for enhancement of the security of the hidden information. First, the skin tone regions are identified by using YC b C r color space which can be used as a cover image. Image pixels which belong to the skin regions are used to carry more secret bits, and the secret information is hidden in both horizontal and vertical sequences of the skin areas of the cover image. The secret information will hide behind the human skin regions rather than other objects in the same image because the skin pixels have high intensity value. The performance of embedding is done and is quite invisible by the vector discrete wavelet transformation (VDWT) technique. A new Lagrange interpolation-based encryption method is introduced to achieve high security of the hidden information with higher payload and better visual quality.