Color Image Steganography Using Gradient Selective Bezier Curves

Abstract

Internet technology has revolutionized the landscape of communication technologies in the modern era. However, because the internet is open to the public, communication security cannot be guaranteed. As a result, data concealment approaches have been developed to ensure confidential information sharing. Various methods have emerged to achieve the goal of secure data communication via multimedia documents. This study proposes a method, which is both adaptable and imperceptible, for concealing a secret text in a color image. From an adaptivity perspective, image corners are detected using the Harris corner detection algorithm and utilized as anchor points for picking the optimal hiding regions of interest using Bezier curve interpolation. On the other hand, because human vision is less sensitive to aberrations in edge regions, imperceptibility is guaranteed by utilizing curves that cross through these regions. Experiments indicate that utilizing gradient selective Bezier curves for secret text concealment can keep the imperceptibility even when the payload capacity is increased.