X-Git-Url: https://bilbo.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/and/gitweb/canny.git/blobdiff_plain/f9feb4cb5a39609ffdf39b086e8d796592a71da5..e477428ed31d945b364bd9064476c1f0a34f86ef:/stc.tex?ds=inline diff --git a/stc.tex b/stc.tex index e98589f..91f38d7 100644 --- a/stc.tex +++ b/stc.tex @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +To make this article self-contained, this section recalls +the basis of the Syndrome Treillis Codes (STC). Let $x=(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ be the $n$-bits cover vector of the image $X$, $m$ be the message to embed, and @@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ Furthermore this code provides a vector $y$ s.t. $Hy$ is equal to $m$ for a given binary matrix $H$. Let us explain this embedding on a small illustrative example where -$\rho_X(i,x,y)$ is identically equal to 1, +$\rho_X(i,x,y)$ is equal to 1, whereas $m$ and $x$ are respectively a 3 bits column vector and a 7 bits column vector. Let then $H$ be the binary Hamming matrix @@ -60,18 +62,18 @@ $2^n-1$ pixels needs $1-1/2^n$ average changes. Unfortunately, for any given $H$, finding $y$ that solves $Hy=m$ and that minimizes $D_X(x,y)$, has an exponential complexity with respect to $n$. -The Syndrome-Trellis Codes (STC) +The Syndrome-Trellis Codes presented by Filler \emph{et al.} in~\cite{DBLP:conf/mediaforensics/FillerJF10} is a practical solution to this complexity. Thanks to this contribution, the solving algorithm has a linear complexity with respect to $n$. -First of all, Filler et al. compute the matrix $H$ +First of all, Filler \emph{et al.} compute the matrix $H$ by placing a small sub-matrix $\hat{H}$ of size $h × w$ next -to each other and shifted down by one row. +to each other and by shifting down by one row. Thanks to this special form of $H$, one can represent every solution of $m=Hy$ as a path through a trellis. -Next, the process of finding $y$ consists of two stages: a forward and a backward part. +Next, the process of finding $y$ consists in two stages: a forward and a backward part. \begin{enumerate} \item Forward construction of the trellis that depends on $\hat{H}$, on $x$, on $m$, and on $\rho$. \item Backward determination of $y$ that minimizes $D$, starting with