TY - JOUR
T1 - General framework to histogram-shifting-based reversible data hiding
AU - Li, Xiaolong
AU - Li, Bin
AU - Yang, Bin
AU - Zeng, Tieyong
N1 - The work of T. Zeng was supported in part by Grant RGC 211710, Grant RGC 211911, the NSFC under Grant 11271049 and the FRGs of Hong Kong Baptist University.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Histogram shifting (HS) is a useful technique of reversible data hiding (RDH). With HS-based RDH, high capacity and low distortion can be achieved efficiently. In this paper, we revisit the HS technique and present a general framework to construct HS-based RDH. By the proposed framework, one can get a RDH algorithm by simply designing the so-called shifting and embedding functions. Moreover, by taking specific shifting and embedding functions, we show that several RDH algorithms reported in the literature are special cases of this general construction. In addition, two novel and efficient RDH algorithms are also introduced to further demonstrate the universality and applicability of our framework. It is expected that more efficient RDH algorithms can be devised according to the proposed framework by carefully designing the shifting and embedding functions.
AB - Histogram shifting (HS) is a useful technique of reversible data hiding (RDH). With HS-based RDH, high capacity and low distortion can be achieved efficiently. In this paper, we revisit the HS technique and present a general framework to construct HS-based RDH. By the proposed framework, one can get a RDH algorithm by simply designing the so-called shifting and embedding functions. Moreover, by taking specific shifting and embedding functions, we show that several RDH algorithms reported in the literature are special cases of this general construction. In addition, two novel and efficient RDH algorithms are also introduced to further demonstrate the universality and applicability of our framework. It is expected that more efficient RDH algorithms can be devised according to the proposed framework by carefully designing the shifting and embedding functions.
KW - Embedding performance
KW - histogram shifting (HS)
KW - reversible data hiding (RDH)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875825459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TIP.2013.2246179
DO - 10.1109/TIP.2013.2246179
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84875825459
SN - 1057-7149
VL - 22
SP - 2181
EP - 2191
JO - IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
JF - IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
IS - 6
M1 - 6459018
ER -