Data Hiding Method with Quality Control for Binary Images

Ki-Hyun Jung, Kee-Young Yoo

Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea.
Yeungjin College, Republic of Korea.

DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2009.21003                

Abstract

Secret data hiding in binary images is more difficult than other formats since binary images require only one bit repre-sentation to indicate black and white. This study proposes a new method for data hiding in binary images using opti-mized bit position to replace a secret bit. This method manipulates blocks, which are sub-divided. The parity bit for a specified block decides whether to change or not, to embed a secret bit. By finding the best position to insert a secret bit for each divided block, the image quality of the resulting stego-image can be improved, while maintaining low computational complexity. The experimental results show that the proposed method has an improvement with respect to a previous work.

Keywords

Data Hiding, Quality Control, Binary Images

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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