Title
Hidden message in a deformation-based texture.
Abstract
We present stego-texture, a unique texture synthesis method that allows users to deliver personalized messages with beautiful, decorative textures. Our approach was inspired by the success of recent work generating marbling textures using mathematical functions. We were able to transform an input image or a text message into an intricate texture by combining the seven basic, reversible functions provided in the system. Later, the input image or message could be recovered by reversing the process of these functions. During the design process, the parameters of operations were automatically recorded, encrypted and invisibly embedded into the final pattern to create a stego-texture. In this way, the receiver could extract the hidden message from the stego-texture without the need for extra information from the sender. To ensure that the delivered message is unnoticeably covered by the texture, we propose a new technique for automatically creating a background that is harmonious with the message based on a set of visual perception cues.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s00371-014-1045-z
The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Information hiding, Marbling texture, Mathematical formula, Steganography, Texture synthesis, Visual perception
Steganography,Computer vision,Computer science,Image texture,Information hiding,Communication source,Encryption,Artificial intelligence,Texture synthesis,Texture atlas,Visual perception
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
12
1432-2315
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.49
21
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jiayi Xu170.49
Xiaoyang Mao235158.66
Xiaogang Jin31075117.02
Aubrey Jaffer4102.60
Shufang Lu5237.75
Li Li623734.83
Masahiro Toyoura76419.34