Image steganography based on local variance

Ofer Hadar; Adiel Sol; Or Hamra; Armin Shmilovici

doi:10.1145/3369973.3369982

Image steganography based on local variance

Ofer Hadar
, Adiel Sol
, Or Hamra
, Armin Shmilovici

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Abstract

In this paper, a simple and robust watermarking algorithm is presented by using the first, second, third and the fourth Least Significant Bits (LSBs). We embed two bits in two places out of four LSBs according to the local variance value. Compared to the simple LSB algorithm where we use bits 7 and 8 to embed information, the proposed algorithm is more robust to white noise and JPEG compression. Experimental results show that the quality of the watermarked image is high in terms of Peak Signal-to-Noise (PSNR) and Structural Similarity Index (SSIM).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICWIP 2019 - 2019 2nd International Conference on Watermarking and Image Processing
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	41-44
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450372800
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3369973.3369982
State	Published - 18 Sep 2019
Event	2nd International Conference on Watermarking and Image Processing, ICWIP 2019 - Marseille, France Duration: 18 Sep 2019 → 20 Sep 2019

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	2nd International Conference on Watermarking and Image Processing, ICWIP 2019
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	18/09/19 → 20/09/19

Keywords

Digital watermarking
Hiding data
Image watermark
Steganography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Hadar, O, Sol, A, Hamra, O & Shmilovici, A 2019, Image steganography based on local variance. in ICWIP 2019 - 2019 2nd International Conference on Watermarking and Image Processing. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 41-44, 2nd International Conference on Watermarking and Image Processing, ICWIP 2019, Marseille, France, 18/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3369973.3369982

Image steganography based on local variance. / Hadar, Ofer; Sol, Adiel; Hamra, Or et al.
ICWIP 2019 - 2019 2nd International Conference on Watermarking and Image Processing. Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. p. 41-44 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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