Multimedia Data Hiding and Authentication via Halftoning and Coordinate Projection

Abstract

We present image data hiding and authentication schemes based on halftoning and coordinate projection. The proposed data hiding scheme can embed images of the same size and similar bit depth into the cover image and robustness against compression is demonstrated. The image authentication scheme is based on the data hiding scheme and can detect, localize, and repair the tampered area of the image. Furthermore, the self-repairing feature of the authentication scheme has a hologram-like quality; any portion of the image can be used to reconstruct the entire image, with a greater quality of reconstruction as the portion size increases.

Keywords

• data hiding
• authentication
• tamper detection
• self-repairing images
• error diffusion
• digital halftoning
• coordinate projection