Region of interest image encryption method based on panoramic segmentation and a novel coupled chaotic map

Abstract

Social media is a platform for people to share their lives and interact with others. Image sharing is an integral component. Privacy information will inevitably be compromised during the process of sharing whole photos. Sometimes, it is not even caused by the person who shares the image but the third party who forwards the image. In the majority of cases, we do not attempt to protect the entirety of the media; rather, we seek to protect the most crucial portion, whether it is the background or specific objects, which decreasing superfluous cryptography procedures. Unfortunately, current research on such field is extremely rare. In this research, we established a novel pixel-level image encryption technique relying on Panoptic FCN panoramic segmentation and chaos for client-intended images on social media sites. Our suggested technology is capable of automated picture encryption on either the whole images or user-selected areas, whether they are rectangular or irregular, which is suited for all region of interest (ROI) encryption. Relying on a novel coupled chaotic map, this universal new encryption method flattens the array of the image ROI into a series of pixels. The module of Panoptic FCN can be replaced by any other panoptic segmentation models which are stronger in performance. Statistical and cryptographic evaluations demonstrate that our technique preserves the high efficiency for practical applications.