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Implementation of image copyright protection tool using hardware-software co-simulation

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The proposed work presents particulars of a technique for the design and hardware implementation of an information hiding scheme using hardware-software co-simulation. The methodology aims to improve the design verification efficiency, development time and cost for DSP solutions. The scheme represents architecture for visual information hiding framework where information bits embedded into the host image by means of LSB matching technique. The design is tested by targeting a Spartan-3A DSP edition board (XC3SD3400A-4FGG676C) and the simulated results illustrate that this architecture provides a better opening for application specific events as well as explores different areas concerned to low cost hardware implementation through a graphical user interface.

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  1. Electronics and Communication Engineering, RCC Institute of Information Technology, South Canal Road, Beliaghata, Kolkata, 700015, India

    Subhrajit Sinha Roy & Abhishek Basu

  2. Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata, 700009, India

    Subhrajit Sinha Roy & Avik Chattopadhyay

  3. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Ramakrishna Mahato Government Engineering College, Purilia, West Bengal, India

    Tirtha Sankar Das

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Sinha Roy, S., Basu, A., Chattopadhyay, A. et al. Implementation of image copyright protection tool using hardware-software co-simulation. Multimed Tools Appl 80, 4263–4277 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-09944-w

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