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Biometrics in the Maritime Domain

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-07-M-0421
Agency Tracking Number: N074-034-0210
Amount: $68,043.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N07-T034
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-07-11
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-05-11
Small Business Information
2595 Rossmere Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
United States
DUNS: 171897239
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Robert Woodworth
 Sr. Engineer
 (719) 213-4480
 rwoodworth@securics.com
Business Contact
 James Wittenburg
Title: President
Phone: (719) 265-8443
Email: jwittenburg@securics.com
Research Institution
 UNIV. COLORADO AT COLORADO SPR
 Gwen L Gennaro
 
1420 Austin Bluffs PKWY PO Box 7150
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
United States

 (719) 262-3153
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Biometrics in moving maritime environments presents some unique challenges. Even if the naval shipboard sensor is in a complex gimbaled mount for stabilization, the inherent motion of the smaller craft in which the subjects of interest are located means the system must deal with motion, potentially significant motion. The proposed work, will use FPGA-enhanced multi-mega-pixel imaging to address field of vision (FOV) issues in real-time acquisition, test Securics', patent pending RandomEyesT techniques to address inherent atmospheric issues, and develop/analyze intra-frame motion blur estimation and techniques to stabilize the imagery. The effort will collect and then test on maritime data consisting of non-cooperating subjects. The effort will test the approach on both Securics' unique Face BiotopeT algorithms and on a leading facial recognition algorithm use in the IDS-MD system. The work leverages our previous and ongoing effort in long range face-based biometrics.

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