SARDH: A novel sharpening-aware reversible data hiding algorithm

• Published in: Journal of visual communication and image representation Vol. 39; pp. 239 - 252
• Main Authors: Jafar, Iyad F., Darabkh, Khalid A., Saifan, Ramzi R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Algorithms; Embedding capacity; Image contrast; Payloads; Representations; Reversible data hiding; Sharpening; Signal to noise ratio; Visual; Reversible data hiding; Sharpening; Embedding capacity; Image contrast

•A novel sharpening-aware reversible data hiding (SARDH) algorithm is proposed.•SARDH is capable of improving the sharpness of the image while embedding data.•Unlike previous algorithms, SARDH is capable of improving the local contrast.•SARDH minimizes noise amplification and over enhancement artifa...