Title :
MSB constrain based variable embedding
Author :
Badrinath, R. ; Anand, P.S.
Author_Institution :
SASTRA Univ., Thanjavur, India
Abstract :
In this work a novel steganographic method has been proposed for hiding the information within the spatial domain of an color image. The proposed approach works by checking the Most Significant Bits (MSB) of the three planes (R, G, B) in the color image and embedding the data (here, Text file) in Least Significant Bits (LSB) of the planes based on the minimum value constraint of MSB using variable embedding technique. According to the experimental results , it is observed that the security is improved compared to the existing methods with a reasonable PSNR.
Keywords :
image coding; image colour analysis; steganography; LSB; MSB; PSNR; color image; information hiding; least significant bits; minimum value constraint; most significant bits; security; spatial domain; steganographic method; variable embedding technique; Artificial intelligence; Educational institutions; Extraterrestrial measurements; Multiaccess communication; PSNR; Robustness; Data Embedding; Information Hiding; Minimum value constraint; steganography;
Conference_Titel :
Computing Communication & Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), 2012 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coimbatore
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCNT.2012.6396035