Enhanced Data Security in Quick Response (QR) Code Using Image Steganography Technique with DWT-DCT-SVD

Authors

  • Anupriya Arya  M-tech Scholar Student, Department of Computer Science Engineering, BBAU Central University, Lucknow, UP, India
  • Sarita Soni  Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Engineering, BBAU Central University, Lucknow, UP, India

Keywords:

Index Terms— Cover image Steganography, Quick response (QR) code, DWT, DCT, and SVD.

Abstract

In this paper, we have proposed a novel hybrid invisible steganography scheme based on DWT, DCT and SVD. The encoding and decoding operation in the spatial domain is proposed. The text message is hidden in the QR-code image. The QR-code image is hidden into the singular value component. Reversible data hiding is an approach to extract the information embedded covertly as well as the host image. We introduce a novel Steganography method to embed QR codes in digital images. Here we use Least Significant Bit to embed the QR code into the image. Data Security using QR code uses the latest technique of QR code encoding of data and the encoded data is communicated through an insecure channel by means of digital watermarking techniques.

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2018-04-30

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Volume 3, Issue 5, May-June-2018

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Anupriya Arya, Sarita Soni, " Enhanced Data Security in Quick Response (QR) Code Using Image Steganography Technique with DWT-DCT-SVD, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 3, Issue 5, pp.59-65, May-June-2018.