Data Embedding in SHVC Video Using Threshold-Controlled Block Splitting
With the increasing number of video applications, it is essential to resolve issues such as ineffective search of video content, tampered/forged video content, packet loss, to name a few. Data embedding is typically utilized as one of the solutions to address the aforementioned issues. One of the im...
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doaj-da9060d70a2a40e19f260c47f70f06b02021-06-01T01:04:54ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-05-01114850485010.3390/app11114850Data Embedding in SHVC Video Using Threshold-Controlled Block SplittingLieLin Pang0KokSheik Wong1Yiqi Tew2Susanto Rahardja3Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaSchool of Information Technology, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya 47500, MalaysiaFaculty of Computing and Information Technology, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Kuala Lumpur 53300, MalaysiaSchool of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaWith the increasing number of video applications, it is essential to resolve issues such as ineffective search of video content, tampered/forged video content, packet loss, to name a few. Data embedding is typically utilized as one of the solutions to address the aforementioned issues. One of the important requirements of data embedding is to maximize embedding capacity with minimal bit rate overhead while ensuring imperceptibility of the inserted data. However, embedding capacity varies depending on the video content and increasing the embedding capacity usually leads to video quality degradation. In this work, a threshold-controlled block splitting technique is proposed for embedding data into SHVC video. Specifically, the embedding capacity can be increased by coding the host video by using more small blocks, which can be achieved by tuning a threshold-controlled parameter in the rate distortion optimization process. Subsequently, the predictive syntax elements in both intra and inter-coded blocks are jointly utilized to embed data, which ensures that data can be embedded regardless of the prediction mode used in coding a block. Results suggest that the proposed method can achieve a trade-off between the increase in embedding capacity and bit rate overhead while maintaining video quality. In the best case scenario, the sequence <i>PartyScene</i> can embed <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>516.9</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> kbps with an average bit rate overhead of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>+</mo><mn>7.0</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> for the Low Delay P configuration, while the same video can embed 1578.6 kbps with an average bit rate overhead of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>+</mo><mn>2.9</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> for the All Intra configuration.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4850SHVCdata embeddingquad-tree block splittingthreshold-controlled |
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Data Embedding in SHVC Video Using Threshold-Controlled Block Splitting |
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Data Embedding in SHVC Video Using Threshold-Controlled Block Splitting |
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With the increasing number of video applications, it is essential to resolve issues such as ineffective search of video content, tampered/forged video content, packet loss, to name a few. Data embedding is typically utilized as one of the solutions to address the aforementioned issues. One of the important requirements of data embedding is to maximize embedding capacity with minimal bit rate overhead while ensuring imperceptibility of the inserted data. However, embedding capacity varies depending on the video content and increasing the embedding capacity usually leads to video quality degradation. In this work, a threshold-controlled block splitting technique is proposed for embedding data into SHVC video. Specifically, the embedding capacity can be increased by coding the host video by using more small blocks, which can be achieved by tuning a threshold-controlled parameter in the rate distortion optimization process. Subsequently, the predictive syntax elements in both intra and inter-coded blocks are jointly utilized to embed data, which ensures that data can be embedded regardless of the prediction mode used in coding a block. Results suggest that the proposed method can achieve a trade-off between the increase in embedding capacity and bit rate overhead while maintaining video quality. In the best case scenario, the sequence <i>PartyScene</i> can embed <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>516.9</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> kbps with an average bit rate overhead of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>+</mo><mn>7.0</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> for the Low Delay P configuration, while the same video can embed 1578.6 kbps with an average bit rate overhead of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>+</mo><mn>2.9</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> for the All Intra configuration. |
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