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An Improved Reversible Data Hiding Technique For Encrypted Images Using Difference Error Expansion

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Digital data hiding exists in many forms, one of its most useful form is reversible data hiding which recovers the secret data and extracts the cover image exactly as these were at the time of embedding. In last few years, encryption and reversible data hiding have been combined to explore a new area of research, seeking researchers’ interest in very short span of time. To enhance the payload, this paper presents a novel reversible data hiding technique for encrypted images using bilinear interpolation and difference error expansion. Difference error expansion is a technique used to embed watermark in the images, by exploiting the spatial redundancy which exists in digital images. In difference expansion schemes, correlation of adjacent pixels is exploited to create the space for embedding of secret data. This paper aims to elevate the embedding capacity and reduce the distortion effect caused by embedding with the help of difference error expansion-based reversible data hiding method. The proposed scheme investigates the use of bilinear interpolation by utilizing the pixels located at even rows and even columns for the prediction of neighbouring pixels. Notably, good results are obtained when proposed work is compared with the existing ones on the basis of embedding capacity and PSNR.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India

    Ankita Vaish

  2. Department of Computer Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, UP, India

    Ruchi Agarwal & Manoj Kumar

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  1. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, West Bengal, India

    Goutam Sanyal

  2. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

    Carlos M. Travieso-González

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, India

    Shashank Awasthi

  4. School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Carla M. A. Pinto

  5. Department of Planning and Development, National Institute of Technology Goa, Goa, India

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Vaish, A., Agarwal, R., Kumar, M. (2022). An Improved Reversible Data Hiding Technique For Encrypted Images Using Difference Error Expansion. In: Sanyal, G., Travieso-González, C.M., Awasthi, S., Pinto, C.M.A., Purushothama, B.R. (eds) International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 836. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8542-2_4

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