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To reversibly embed the secret data into the host image, the histogram shifting (HS) technique was proposed by embedding 1-bit secret data into the pixels in the peak points. To improve the hiding capacity of the histogram shifting technique, the residual histogram shifting (RHS) technique had been proposed. The prediction errors in the peak points of the residual histogram are used to embed the secret data. To further improve the hiding capacity, an improved block-based residual histogram shifting technique is proposed in this paper. The cascading prediction mechanism is employed in the proposed technique to generate the prediction errors for each image block. Experimental results reveal that the proposed technique provides higher hiding capacity than HS and RHS while keeping good image qualities of the embedded images.
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Hu, YC., Tsai, P., Yeh, JS., Chen, WL. (2015). Residual Histogram Shifting Technique Based on Cascading Prediction for Reversible Data Hiding. In: Park, J., Chao, HC., Arabnia, H., Yen, N. (eds) Advanced Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 352. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47487-7_16
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