A self-adaptive image encryption scheme with half-pixel interchange permutation operation

摘要

A plain-image dependent image encryption scheme with half-pixel-level swapping permutation strategy is proposed. In the new permutation operation, a pixel-swapping operation between four higher bit-planes and four lower bit-planes is employed to replace the traditional confusion operation, which not only improves the conventional permutation efficiency within the plain-image, but also changes all the pixel gray values. The control parameters of generalized Arnold map applied for the permutation operation are related to the plain-image content and consequently can resist chosen-plaintext and known-plaintext attacks effectively. To enhance the security of the proposed image encryption, one multimodal skew tent map is applied to generate pseudo-random gray value sequence for diffusion operation. Simulations have been carried out thoroughly to demonstrate that the proposed image encryption scheme is highly secure thanks to its large key space and efficient permutation-diffusion operations.