Abstract
In this work, a reversible data hiding (RDH) algorithm is proposed for high dynamic range (HDR) images containing an additional luminance channel. Since prediction accuracy is the key of RDH, we propose to embed data into HDR images by exploiting the edge information among the luminance channel and color channels to achieve accurate prediction and high embedding capacity. Besides, a new edge-directed order is presented to reduce the visual loss of the stego image. Various experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can hide more data into HDR images with less distortion than directly applying traditional RDH methods designed for low dynamic range (LDR) images. Compared to the current HDR hiding algorithms, the proposed method is not only reversible, but also achieves a tradeoff between embedding capacity and distortion.
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Please note that unlike the definition in LDR images, ‘distortion-free’ herein is not equallant to reversible. For HDR images, ‘distortion-free’ implies an algorithm can generate a stego image with no distortion and that can be identical to the cover image visually [35]. The reversible algorithms restores cover images only after extracting secret message. So, reversible algorithm generates a stego image with distortion because of the hidden message.
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This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Plan of China under Grant 2017YFB1300205, the NSFC Grant no. 61573222, Shenzhen Future Industry Special Fund JCYJ20160331174228600, Major Research Program of Shandong Province 2015ZDXX0801A02 and Fundamental Research Funds of Shandong University 2018CXGC1503.
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He, X., Zhang, W., Zhang, H. et al. Reversible data hiding for high dynamic range images using edge information. Multimed Tools Appl 78, 29137–29160 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-6589-x
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