A Novel Color Image Encryption Algorithm Based on Three-Dimensional Chaotic Maps and Reconstruction Techniques

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 9; pp. 61334 - 61345
• Main Authors: Qian, Xiaoliang, Yang, Qi, Li, Qingbo, Liu, Qian, Wu, Yuanyuan, Wang, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Cats; Chaotic communication; Color; Color imagery; Correlation; Encryption; encryption algorithm; Image reconstruction; Image security; Logistics; Pixels; reconstruction techniques; three-dimensional chaotic maps
• ISSN: 2169-3536; 2169-3536
• DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3073514

In the paper, a novel color image encryption scheme is proposed by use of the three-dimensional chaotic maps and some data reconstruction techniques. In the diffusion process of the encryption algorithm, the three-dimensional chaotic Logistic map is introduced to changes the pixel value of the plain image. Meanwhile, in the confusion process, the three-dimensional chaotic Cat map is applied to deal with the position of the image pixels. Moreover, some data reconstruction techniques are employed for the better encryption result. Furthermore, the corresponding decryption algorithm is also given. The significant advantages of our method are the effectiveness and simplicity, and our proposed method breaks the correlation between image pixel layers, offers a large key space and against differential and statistical attacks effectively. Finally, the superiority of the proposed algorithm will be shown by the experimental results, security analysis, and the corresponding comparisons with literature.