Study of Information Hiding Methods for SONAR Images in the Naval Combat System

Lee, Joon-Ho; Shin, Sang-Ho; Jung, Ki-Hyun; Yoo, Kee-Young

doi:2015.18.6.779

J. KIMS Technol > Volume 18(6); 2015 > Article

Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology 2015;18(6):779-788.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9766/KIMST.2015.18.6.779

Study of Information Hiding Methods for SONAR Images in the Naval Combat System

Joon-Ho Lee, Sang-Ho Shin, Ki-Hyun Jung, Kee-Young Yoo

¹The 6th Research and Development Institute, Agency for Defense Development
²Realistic-Media Result Diffusion Center, Dongguk University
³Department of Cyber Security, Kyungil University
⁴Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook National University

정보은닉기법을 적용한 함정 전투체계 소나 영상의 정보관리 방안 연구

이준호, 신상호, 정기현, 유기영

¹국방과학연구소 제6기술연구본부
²동국대학교 실감미디어 성과확산사업단
³경일대학교 사이버보안학과
⁴경북대학교 컴퓨터학부

Abstract

The SONAR waterfall image(SWI) is used typically to target detection in SONAR operation and is managed with additional data linked in the naval combat system. The SWI and additional data are very important to classify a kind of target. Although additional data of the SWI is essential and must be kept together with the SWI, it was stored separately in the current system. In this paper, we propose an improved information management method in the naval combat system, where additional data can be contained in the SWI together by using information hiding techniques. The experimental results show that the effectiveness of information hiding techniques in the naval combat system. It is demonstrated that the information hiding techniques can be applied to the SWI that can make the naval combat system to be robust and secure.

Key Words: Naval Combat System, SONAR Waterfall Image, Steganography, Information Hiding, Information Security