Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression

In this paper, an efficient commutative encryption and data hiding scheme for HEVC videos is proposed. The commutative property allows ciphering a steganographic video without interfering with the embedded signal or to perform steganography on an encrypted video while still allowing perfect decrypti...

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Main Author: Dawen Xu
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8713496/
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description In this paper, an efficient commutative encryption and data hiding scheme for HEVC videos is proposed. The commutative property allows ciphering a steganographic video without interfering with the embedded signal or to perform steganography on an encrypted video while still allowing perfect decryption. The syntax elements in the HEVC standard, including the sign of quantized transform coefficient (QTC), the sign of motion vector difference (MVD), and the intra-prediction mode (IPM) are encrypted, which distorts video content greatly and thus keeps perception security. Data embedding employs a specific QTC modification method, which makes the visual distortion caused by data hiding very low. Furthermore, the proposed framework will produce an HEVC format compliant bitstream and permits the hidden information to be extracted either in the encrypted domain or in the decrypted domain. Several benchmark video sequences of different resolutions and diverse contents are used for experimental evaluation.
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spelling doaj.art-ef41a534503d4e4bb1b4a6a57c6fc48f2022-12-21T20:18:28ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017660286604110.1109/ACCESS.2019.29164848713496Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video CompressionDawen Xu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-8407School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, ChinaIn this paper, an efficient commutative encryption and data hiding scheme for HEVC videos is proposed. The commutative property allows ciphering a steganographic video without interfering with the embedded signal or to perform steganography on an encrypted video while still allowing perfect decryption. The syntax elements in the HEVC standard, including the sign of quantized transform coefficient (QTC), the sign of motion vector difference (MVD), and the intra-prediction mode (IPM) are encrypted, which distorts video content greatly and thus keeps perception security. Data embedding employs a specific QTC modification method, which makes the visual distortion caused by data hiding very low. Furthermore, the proposed framework will produce an HEVC format compliant bitstream and permits the hidden information to be extracted either in the encrypted domain or in the decrypted domain. Several benchmark video sequences of different resolutions and diverse contents are used for experimental evaluation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8713496/Data hidingvideo encryptioncommutative encryption and data hidinghigh efficiency video coding (HEVC)coefficient modification
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Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression
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Data hiding
video encryption
commutative encryption and data hiding
high efficiency video coding (HEVC)
coefficient modification
title Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression
title_full Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression
title_fullStr Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression
title_full_unstemmed Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression
title_short Commutative Encryption and Data Hiding in HEVC Video Compression
title_sort commutative encryption and data hiding in hevc video compression
topic Data hiding
video encryption
commutative encryption and data hiding
high efficiency video coding (HEVC)
coefficient modification
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