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Visibility Through Foliage - A Plenoptic Sensor for Riverine Operations

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
87536 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
N081-048-1073 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Nanohmics, Inc
6201 East Oltorf St. Suite 400 Austin, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Visibility Through Foliage - A Plenoptic Sensor for Riverine Operations
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N65538-08-M-0082
Award Amount: $69,976.00
 

Abstract:

The threat of attack from within obscuring foliage is a very real threat to U.S. riverine craft or other marine operations close to shore. Generally, this asymmetric situation allows opposing forces to hide undetected within or behind bushes and trees until an opportune moment for attack. On the other hand, shipboard personnel are relatively exposed and well-lit by sunlight, and have difficulty obtaining any visibility of impending attack. Technology that is able to provide visibility into the foliage at water's edge can provide warning of suspicious activity, allowing the marine craft to assume a defensive posture or take pre-emptive action. Nanohmics proposes to build an electro-optical imaging device (called the ThruViewT) capable of producing imagery within dense stands of brush, bushes, and trees. The innovative imaging system is based on hardware which records the four-dimensional light-field from objects in the field of view, providing real-time back-end processing to form images of objects that may be mostly obscured by intervening foliage. The optical system is analogous to synthetic-aperture radar or holography, and can operate in the visible, SWIR, and/or MWIR portions of the spectrum.

Principal Investigator:

Byron Zollars
Chief Scientist
5123899990
bzollars@nanohmics.com

Business Contact:

Keith Jamison
President
5123899990
kjamison@nanohmics.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

NANOHMICS, INC.
6201 East Oltorf St. Suite 400 Austin, TX 78741

EIN/Tax ID: 743072245
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No