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This paper presents a data hiding technique for a halftone image. Each block of halftone bitmaps is transformed into a sequence of binary bits, and then regarded as a codeword. From the codeword, we can get a syndrome value. The XOR operation between a syndrome and 4-bits secret message is used to conceal 4-bits in the codeword. If the value of a XOR operation is not decimal zero, the position in a codeword should be flipped. In this way, one can hide a message. When every embedding procedure is finished, a sender transmits a stego halftone image to a receiver. A receiver can then extract secret data with a stego image, using a hamming code scheme. Using this procedure, we can conceal secret data in a halftone image and vice versa. Our proposed method is to hide 4-bits in a 4×4 block to flip a bit, is easy to implement, and achieves a high embedding capacity with good perceptual quality. It can be used to copyright and secret communications.
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Kim, C., Shin, D., Shin, D. (2011). Data Hiding in a Halftone Image Using Hamming Code (15, 11). In: Nguyen, N.T., Kim, CG., Janiak, A. (eds) Intelligent Information and Database Systems. ACIIDS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6592. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20042-7_38
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