Abstract A general framework for partial reversible data hiding is proposed in this paper. The original image is adjusted to form a cover image in image transferring phase. The minimal square error criterion between Hamming codeword and the bits from the original image is adopted to generate the cover image. After image transformation, some bits in the cover image are actually a Hamming codeword. In data embedding phase, the secret bits are concealed into the cover image to generate a stego image. The secret messages can be extracted from the stego image, and the stego image can be recovered back to cover image in data extraction and image restoration phase. The so-called partial reversible property indicates an almost distortion-free original image (e.g., cover image) can be obtained. Theoretical analysis on the embedding capacity and visual performance by the proposed method is given. Further, experimental and theoretical results are demonstrated to show the feasibility and advantages of the proposed method.

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使用汉明码进行部分可逆数据隐藏的通用框架

摘要 本文提出了部分可逆数据隐藏的通用框架。在图像传输阶段调整原始图像以形成覆盖图像。采用汉明码字与原始图像比特之间的最小平方误差准则生成覆盖图像。经过图像变换后，封面图像中的一些位实际上是一个汉明码字。在数据嵌入阶段，秘密位被隐藏到覆盖图像中以生成隐写图像。可以从隐写图像中提取秘密信息，并在数据提取和图像恢复阶段将隐写图像恢复回覆盖图像。所谓部分可逆性是指可以获得几乎没有失真的原始图像（例如封面图像）。给出了所提出方法的嵌入容量和视觉性能的理论分析。此外，实验和理论结果证明了所提出方法的可行性和优势。