Image encryption based on logistic chaotic systems and deep autoencoder

In this paper, we propose a novel image encryption method based on logistic chaotic systems and deep autoencoder. In the encryption phase, first, the plaintext image is randomly scrambled by a logistic chaotic system. Then, the random scrambled image is encoded by a deep autoencoder to generate the ciphertext image. In order to obtain the ciphertext image with uniform distribution, we incorporated the uniform distribution constraint into the training of the deep autoencoder. The resulting ciphertext image contains high randomness, which is critical for an excellent image encryption algorithm. Histogram analysis, information entropy analysis, key space analysis, key sensitivity analysis, correlation analysis, and ablation experiments show that the proposed encryption algorithm can effectively resist attacks and has excellent encryption performance while providing high security. (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.