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<p>This work deals with digital image processing using the steganography technique in real life. Various steganography techniques face data authentication, data security, and copyright issues. Due to the fact that the problem of data security is currently very topical, these techniques are often sought after. This is related to the constant development of new algorithms that provide solutions that will safely hide the secret message in the image and at the same time will be resistant to various types of attacks. The motivation for writing this work lies in the technique of representing a secret message using a Quick Response code. Later in this work is comparison between our results and results of approach made by scientific community, which works with data hiding within steganographic principles. The secret message is written in the least significant bit plane of the cover image, which ensures that the modification of the image cannot be detected by the naked eye. The proposed solution is evaluated by mathematical quality assessment parameters Peak signal-to-noise ratio, Mean squared error, Normalized cross-correlation and Structural similarity index.</p>
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This work deals with digital image processing using the steganography technique in real life. Various steganography techniques face data authentication, data security, and copyright issues. Due to the fact that the problem of data security is currently very topical, these techniques are often sought after. This is related to the constant development of new algorithms that provide solutions that will safely hide the secret message in the image and at the same time will be resistant to various types of attacks. The motivation for writing this work lies in the technique of representing a secret message using a Quick Response code. Later in this work is comparison between our results and results of approach made by scientific community, which works with data hiding within steganographic principles. The secret message is written in the least significant bit plane of the cover image, which ensures that the modification of the image cannot be detected by the naked eye. The proposed solution is evaluated by mathematical quality assessment parameters Peak signal-to-noise ratio, Mean squared error, Normalized cross-correlation and Structural similarity index.

The Influence of Steganographic Methods and QR Code Resolutions on Data Hiding in Cover Images

Department of Electronics and Multimedia Telecommunication, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This work deals with digital image processing using the steganography technique in real life. Various steganography techniques face data authentication, data...

The Influence of Steganographic Methods and QR Code Resolutions on Data Hiding in Cover Images

Published Online: Feb 28, 2024

Page range: 10 - 16

Received: Nov 09, 2023

Accepted: Jan 29, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aei-2023-0017

Keywords
image processing, information hiding, LSB, QR code, security, steganography

© 2023 Samuel Andrejčík et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Influence of Steganographic Methods and QR Code Resolutions on Data Hiding in Cover Images

Published Online: Feb 28, 2024

Page range: 10 - 16

Received: Nov 09, 2023

Accepted: Jan 29, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aei-2023-0017

Keywordsimage processing, information hiding, LSB, QR code, security, steganography

© 2023 Samuel Andrejčík et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
image processing, information hiding, LSB, QR code, security, steganography