Reversible Data Hiding Based on Greedy Pairing Prediction-Error Expansion

Reversible data hiding(RDH)is a method to embed messages into an image that human eyes are difficult to recognize the differences between the original image and the embedded image.The method needs to make sure that the original image and the embedded information can be exactly recovered.The prediction-error expansion(PEE)is a successful way to realize RDH.However,it is fixed when pairing the conventional twodimensional prediction-error histogram(2D-PEH).So,the embedding capacity(EC)and embedding distortion(ED)are not satisfactory.In this study,we propose a method called greedy pairing prediction-error expansion(GPPEE)based on pairwise RDH and demonstrate GPPEE can achieve a more efficient embedding goal and reduce ED.