Steganography in IoT: Information Hiding with APDS-9960 Proximity and Gestures Sensor

Katarzyna Koptyra; Marek R Ogiela

doi:10.3390/s22072612

Steganography in IoT: Information Hiding with APDS-9960 Proximity and Gestures Sensor

Sensors (Basel). 2022 Mar 29;22(7):2612. doi: 10.3390/s22072612.

Authors

Katarzyna Koptyra¹, Marek R Ogiela¹

Affiliation

¹ Cryptography and Cognitive Informatics Laboratory, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.

Abstract

This article describes a steganographic system for IoT based on an APDS-9960 gesture sensor. The sensor is used in two modes: as a trigger or data input. In trigger mode, gestures control when to start and finish the embedding process; then, the data come from an external source or are pre-existing. In data input mode, the data to embed come directly from the sensor that may detect gestures or RGB color. The secrets are embedded in time-lapse photographs, which are later converted to videos. Selected hardware and steganographic methods allowed for smooth operation in the IoT environment. The system may cooperate with a digital camera and other sensors.

Keywords: APDS-9960; IoT; gestures; sensor; stegaography.

MeSH terms

Computers*
Gestures*