VIDEO SCRAMBLING APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON SPACE FILLING CURVES

摘要

A method of encrypting a video signal employing a pseudo-random Space Filling Curve having a highly irregular scanning pattern for scanning the pixel addresses of a video picture stored in a frame buffer. The method is used with a video scrambler/descrambler device and is characterized by a much higher cryptographic strength than existing techniques, which is not subject to simple correlation attacks by comparing and matching of line portions. In addition, the method features a reduction in the video signal bandwidth for typical pictures.