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Prototyping and Testing of Universal Plug and Play Navigation

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
10SB1-0364 		Solicitation Year:
2010 		Solicitation Topic Code:
SB101-011 		Solicitation Number:
2010.1
Small Business Information
Sigtem Technology, Inc.
1343 Parrott Drive San Mateo, CA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Prototyping and Testing of Universal Plug and Play Navigation
Agency: DOD
Contract: D11PC20179
Award Amount: $749,989.00
 

Abstract:

In Phase I, our research team set forth an innovative design of and enabling techniques for universal plug and play navigation (UPNAV) that reconfigures itself on-the-fly as aiding sensors are connected to and disconnected from the system without the need for system redesign and software recompiling. In Phase II, we propose to develop and prototype the UPNAV technology with field tests and demos. The key components of the proposed solution include (i) a synchronized timing and asynchronous measurement packer (STAMP), (ii) unified aiding information drives (UAID), and (iii) a reconfigurable integration filtering engine (RIFE). A variety of sensors are encapsulated into classes in the RIFE library, each representing a generic type of sensors (rather than a specific one) defined by the type of measurements they offer for navigation purpose. The plug and play functionality is realized by identifying a new sensor"s measurement type, instantiating a sensor object from its class, and then retransforming the filter. Additional quality control and adaptation measures are applied to ensure transient performance. In Phase II, an operational prototype with a selection of sensors will be built with data collection capability for algorithms tuning, performance evaluation, and finally field demo. This will also provide the basis for commercial products with embedded implementations in low-cost mass production to pursue beyond Phase II.

Principal Investigator:

Chun Yang
Principal Scientist
(650) 312-1132
chunyang@sigtem.com

Business Contact:

Chun Yang
President
(650) 312-1132
chunyang@sigtem.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Sigtem Technology, Inc.
1343 Parrott Drive San Mateo, CA -

EIN/Tax ID: 233012783
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No