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A Coverless Image Steganography Method Based on Feature Matrix Map**

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Image and Graphics Technologies and Applications (IGTA 2023)

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To address the challenge that the current coverless image steganography (CIS) method requires more cover images and more information, a coverless image steganography method based on feature matrix map** is proposed. In this paper, the low-frequency component of the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) is used as the image eigenvalue, and a robust feature sequence is obtained by comparing the size of the main and minor diagonal blocks with the eigenvalues of other blocks. This paper proposes a feature matrix map** rule to obtain the map** matrix of the cover image and the secret information through the feature matrix map**. The transmission of secret information is achieved through the cover image and the map** matrix, which solves the problem of large transmission overhead and the need for more cover images and additional information. Experimental results show that this scheme has certain advantages in terms of the number of mapped images and additional information required, and has better security against most image attacks.

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This work is supported by the Key technologies and systems for password on-demand services in the cloud environment (2017YFB0801803); "High-precision" Discipline Construction Project in Bei**g Universities (20210093Z0401); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Number: 328202244).

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    Li Li & Chao Yang

  2. Department of Cyberspace Security, Bei**g Electronic Science and Technology Institute, Bei**g, 100070, China

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Li, L., Yang, C., Chen, J. (2023). A Coverless Image Steganography Method Based on Feature Matrix Map**. In: Yongtian, W., Lifang, W. (eds) Image and Graphics Technologies and Applications. IGTA 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1910. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7549-5_34

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