VLSI implementation of a real-time video watermark embedder and detector

This paper describes the hardware design and implementation of the JAWS (Just Another Watermarking System) embedder and detector for watermarking of realtime uncompressed digital video. Our design employs a Roating point datapath, maximizing dynamic range of the FIT, frame filtering, and correlation operations. The design, implemented in a l.SV, 0.18pm CMOS process with a core area of 3.53 mm2, is capable of watermarking video streams at a peak rate of over 3 Mpixels/s.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ISCAS
• Authors: Nebu John Muthui, Ali Sheikholeslami, Deepa Kundur
• Keywords: ISCAS 2003, Roating Point Datapath, Uncompressed Digital Video, Watermarking System