Image steganography algorithm based on image colorization

Xinliang Bi; Wujun Yao; Zhuo Zhang; Siyuan Huang; Jia Liu; Bowei Chen

doi:10.1117/12.2600415

1 June 2021 Image steganography algorithm based on image colorization

Xinliang Bi, Wujun Yao, Zhuo Zhang, Siyuan Huang, Jia Liu, Bowei Chen

Proceedings Volume 11848, International Conference on Signal Image Processing and Communication (ICSIPC 2021); 1184818 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2600415
Event: International Conference on Signal Image Processing and Communication (ICSIPC 2021), 2021, Chengdu, China

Abstract

Aiming at the problems of stego images with modification traces and unnatural image generation in the image steganography algorithm based on deep learning, this paper proposes an image steganography algorithm based on image coloring. It first embeds secret information in a gray image using traditional image steganography algorithms, and then uses image coloring algorithms to color the gray image, disguising the modification of the gray image as the result of image embedding, highlighting the coloring features of the algorithm, reducing the steganographic characteristics of the algorithm, and guide the enemy to mistake the algorithm for the image coloring algorithm, thereby reducing the probability of steganography being discovered. Experimental results show that this algorithm has good results in steganographic capacity and generated images.

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Xinliang Bi, Wujun Yao, Zhuo Zhang, Siyuan Huang, Jia Liu, and Bowei Chen "Image steganography algorithm based on image colorization", Proc. SPIE 11848, International Conference on Signal Image Processing and Communication (ICSIPC 2021), 1184818 (1 June 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2600415

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