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An efficient dual prediction–based reversible data hiding and reduced code method for AMBTC

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Due to the popularity of smartphones, laptops and wireless communication technologies, compressed images have become widely used for such applications, because a smaller storage space is needed. Protecting the security of information transmission over the Internet while reducing file size (also called the size of the final coding stream) has become a critical issue. Three related works have proposed using the reversible data hiding (RDH) method on AMBTC-compressed images to reduce the final stego-coding stream. However, these approaches still have room for improvement. To further optimize the performance of the related works, in this paper, we present an efficient dual prediction–based reversible data hiding and reduced code method for AMBTC-compressed images that uses three significant techniques: the dual prediction strategy (DP), the reversible standardized parameters (RSP) and the improved error division technique (IED). We can thus embed more secret data while effectively reducing the length of the final coding stream. Experimental results show that the proposed method has both the lowest true bitrate and the highest embedding efficiency in broader usage scenarios when compared to other related methods.

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    Chin-Chen Chang & Xu Wang

  2. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National of Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, 411030, Taiwan

    Chia-Chen Lin

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Chang, CC., Wang, X. & Lin, CC. An efficient dual prediction–based reversible data hiding and reduced code method for AMBTC. Multimed Tools Appl 80, 33157–33176 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-11048-y

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