A dual permutation-based separable reversible information hiding scheme in encrypted images

This paper proposes a scheme of separable reversible information hiding (RIH) for encrypted images (EIs) in which hidden information can be extracted from an EI carrying information without image decryption. The proposed scheme firstly encrypts an image and simultaneously prepares room for RIH by two permutation ways. Information are, then, hidden into the EI by a RIH technique, and the EI carrying information is sent to a receiver. According to keys which the receiver has, he/she is allowed to take seven different actions, whereas the conventional scheme offers only three. This feature of the proposed scheme extends applicable scenarios. Moreover, the proposed scheme always recover the original image, whereas the conventional scheme sometimes fails to do.