Data Hiding Method Based on Graph Coloring and Pixel Block‘s Correlation in Color Image

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Emam Ali University, Tehran, Iran

2 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Shahid Sattary Aeronautical University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

3 Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Ahar University, Ahar, Iran

4 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

An optimized method for data hiding into a digital color image in spatial domain
is provided. The graph coloring theory with different color numbers is applied. To enhance the
security of this method, block correlations method in an image is used. Experimental results show
that with the same PSNR, the capacity is improved by %8, and also security has increased in the
method compared with other methods. In the correlation block-based image method, data hiding
capacity of the host image varies according to image type and defined threshold level. In the
proposed algorithm, during graph explanation, independent pixels placed side by side were colored.
Then, based on “pixel block correlation data hiding” process is done. This method grows the
security and capacity of hiding process. Besides, this increases the effects of image format and
correlation threshold on security and capacity.

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AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering
Volume 49, Issue 2
December 2017
Pages 123-130

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