Optic assisted image encryption: Confluence of chaos and virtual instrumentation

The volume of image files transmitted over internet is humongous in the present world. Secure transmission of confidential images requires critical attention with the growing demand on new techniques for protecting them. The proposed work aims at developing an image encryption solution with the mix of software and hardware. The technique adopted in this work is based on the confluence of optic system and chaotic-cellular automata dual. Logistic map and opto-coupler have been employed to perform confusion and diffusion of grayscale image. The encryption algorithm was implemented using LabVIEW platform with NI 6212 Multifunction DAQ utilized for interfacing the opto-coupler for random sequence generation.