Two-in-One Secret Image Sharing Scheme with Higher Visual Quality of the Previewed Image

Xin Wang, Peng Li and Zihan Ren
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Xin Wang: Department of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
Peng Li: Department of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
Zihan Ren: Department of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-15

Abstract: Secret image sharing (SIS) scheme is a secret image encoding and decoding scheme that reconstructs the secret image only if the number of participants is sufficient. In contrast, inadequate participants gain no information about the secret image. Two-in-one secret image sharing (TiOSIS) scheme is a kind of SIS scheme with two decoding options, quick preview without computation and accurate recovery with computer. For higher decoding speed, Li et al. proposed an improved two-in-one secret image sharing scheme, utilizing Boolean operation for less computational complexity, where the visual quality of the previewed image is deteriorated. In this paper, we use q -bit gray visual cryptography to build a mathematical model for better visual quality of the previewed image based on Li et al.’s TiOSIS scheme. The black sub-pixels of shadows corresponding to a black secret pixel are replaced by a q -bit grayscale value rather than an 8-bit grayscale value where q is a positive integer smaller than 8. The theoretical analysis and experiments are exhibited to guarantee feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

Keywords: Boolean operation; q -bit gray visual cryptography; fast preview; secret image sharing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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