A new perspective for embedding-detection methods with distortion compensation and thresholding processing techniques

In this paper, we analyze oblivious (blind) information hiding methods from a new perspective. In [1], Costa introduced a communications framework that also applies to oblivious information hiding. We present an alternate and equivalent framework by carrying out the channel dependent nature of the optimal encoder in a different manner. Within the proposed framework, decoder structure is simplified, although in effect it's a slender advantage compared to overall complexity. This interpretation provides a better connection between the analytical results and practical designs. We evaluate the practical embedding-detection schemes employing scalar quantization procedures along with thresholding and distortion compensation types of processings from this perspective. Furthermore, we justify the assumptions for the optimality of the two types of processings.