The invention discloses an adaptive image
encryption domain reversible hiding method based on a
hybrid encryption mechanism. A user performs sequential prediction on a
digital image to be encrypted toobtain the pixel type identification matrix of an original image, and adaptively selects an optimal
block size of the pixel type identification matrix to generate an optimal
block type identificationmatrix; a random number is taken as a secret key to combine the
block type identification matrix, and 'xor plus
pixel classification scrambling' is used for generating an encrypted image of the original image; the random number is taken as a secret key to encrypt partial information of the
block type identification matrix, the public key of a
receiver uses an asymmetric
encryption algorithm to encrypt 'the random number, the residual block type identification matrix information and the optimal
block size', which are then serially embedded into a variable pixel of the encrypted image; the
receiver uses a private key to decrypt the extracted key information and can obtain a decrypted image the same as the original image and a
plaintext image with additional information through sequence
recovery. The method reduces the difficulty of secret
key management, improves the security of image transmission, and brings convenience for
cloud management.