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High-payload completely reversible data hiding in encrypted images by an interpolation technique

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We present a new high-payload joint reversible data-hiding scheme for encrypted images. Instead of embedding data in the encrypted image directly, the content owner first uses an interpolation technique to estimate whether the location can be used for embedding and generates a location map before encryption. Next, the data hider embeds the additional data through flipping the most significant bits (MSBs) of the encrypted image according to the location map. At the receiver side, before extracting the additional data and reconstructing the image, the receiver decrypts the image first. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve real reversibility, which means data extraction and image recovery are free of error. Moreover, our scheme can embed more payloads than most existing reversible data hiding schemes in encrypted images.

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  1. MOE Key Laboratory of Dependable Service Computing in Cyber Physical Society, College of Computer Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Di Xiao, Ying Wang & Tao Xiang

  2. Department of Information Engineering, Chongqing Communication Institute, Chongqing, 400035, China

    Sen Bai

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61572089 and 61633005), the Natural Science Founda-tion of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (No. cstc2017jcyjBX0008), the Chongqing Graduate Student Research Innovation Project (No. CYB17026), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. 106112017CDJQJ188830 and 106112017CDJXY180005)

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Xiao, D., Wang, Y., Xiang, T. et al. High-payload completely reversible data hiding in encrypted images by an interpolation technique. Frontiers Inf Technol Electronic Eng 18, 1732–1743 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1601067

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