%0 Journal Article %T Comparaci¨®n entre Varios Esquemas de Criptograf¨ªa Visual Extendida %A Espejel %A Angelina %A Nakano %A Mariko %A P¨¦rez %A H¨¦ctor %J Informaci¨®n tecnol¨®gica %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-07642012000400013 %X a description and comparison of three visual extended cryptography algorithms is presented. currently these methods are often used as a basis for developing more complex schemes. results related to overlapping shades, pixel expansion, quality of images and shades, and the number of coded images are obtained. in conventional visual cryptography a secret image is encrypted into a set of images that look like random-noise and are distributed to each participant of the scheme. to obtain the secret image the images received must be super-imposed. .in the extended visual cryptography the shades are visually recognizable images. it is concluded that the three methods present particular advantages depending on the application. %K visual cryptography %K extended visual cryptography %K secret sharing scheme. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-07642012000400013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en