A Stereo Audio Steganography by Inserting Low-Frequency and Octave Equivalent Pure Tones

Hung Jr Shiu; Bor Shing Lin; Bor-Shyh Lin; Wei Chou Lai; Chien Hung Huang; Chin Laung Lei

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68527-4_27

A Stereo Audio Steganography by Inserting Low-Frequency and Octave Equivalent Pure Tones

Hung Jr Shiu, Bor Shing Lin, Bor-Shyh Lin, Wei Chou Lai, Chien Hung Huang^*, Chin Laung Lei

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Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics

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Abstract

Audio steganography is a technique for hiding messages in audio signals such that no one except the sender and intended recipient suspects the existence of the messages. This paper proposes a new method for stereo audio steganography that exploits some characteristics of the human auditory system (HAS). Messages are embedded by inserting low-frequency and octave-equivalent pure tones into different channels. Hidden messages are extracted by comparing the frequency domain data of the left channel with those of the right channel. Experimental results reveal that the quality of the message-hiding audio that is generated by the method is only very slightly less than that of the host audio, so attackers cannot perceive the hidden messages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications
Editors	Pavel Kromer, Vaclav Snasel, Jeng-Shyang Pan, Enrique Alba
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	244-253
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783319685267
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68527-4_27
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Event	4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications, ECC 2017 - Malaga, Spain Duration: 9 Oct 2017 → 11 Oct 2017

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Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	682
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

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Conference	4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications, ECC 2017
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Malaga
Period	9/10/17 → 11/10/17

Keywords

Audio steganography
Human auditory system (HAS)
Low-frequency pure tone insertion
Octave equivalence

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Shiu, H. J., Lin, B. S., Lin, B-S., Lai, W. C., Huang, C. H., & Lei, C. L. (2018). A Stereo Audio Steganography by Inserting Low-Frequency and Octave Equivalent Pure Tones. In P. Kromer, V. Snasel, J-S. Pan, & E. Alba (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications (pp. 244-253). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 682). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68527-4_27

Shiu, Hung Jr ; Lin, Bor Shing ; Lin, Bor-Shyh et al. / A Stereo Audio Steganography by Inserting Low-Frequency and Octave Equivalent Pure Tones. Proceedings of the 4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications. editor / Pavel Kromer ; Vaclav Snasel ; Jeng-Shyang Pan ; Enrique Alba. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 244-253 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Shiu, HJ, Lin, BS, Lin, B-S, Lai, WC, Huang, CH & Lei, CL 2018, A Stereo Audio Steganography by Inserting Low-Frequency and Octave Equivalent Pure Tones. in P Kromer, V Snasel, J-S Pan & E Alba (eds), Proceedings of the 4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 682, Springer Verlag, pp. 244-253, 4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications, ECC 2017, Malaga, Spain, 9/10/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68527-4_27

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Shiu HJ, Lin BS, Lin B-S, Lai WC, Huang CH, Lei CL. A Stereo Audio Steganography by Inserting Low-Frequency and Octave Equivalent Pure Tones. In Kromer P, Snasel V, Pan J-S, Alba E, editors, Proceedings of the 4th Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 244-253. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-68527-4_27

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