Stego-Marbling-Texture

Abstract

We present stego-marbling-texture, a new and unique texture design method which allows users to deliver personalized messages with beautiful marbling textures. Our approach is inspired by the success of the recent work on modeling traditional marbling operations as mathematical functions. The encrypter transforms an input image or a text message into an intricate marbling pattern using marbling operations defined as reversible functions, and the decrypter recovers the input image or message through reversing the process of marbling operations. When applying marbling operations, the parameters of operations are automatically recorded, encrypted, and then invisibly embedded into the marbling pattern to create a stego-marbling-texture. In this way, the decrypter can be implemented as a stand along software, enabling the receiver to extract the hidden message from the stego-marbling-texture without requiring any extra information from the sender. To ensure that the message is unnoticeably and beautifully covered by the marbling texture, we propose a new technique for automatically creating a background which is harmonious with the input message based on a set of visual perception cues.