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Hyper-Elevation Modeling of Terrain, Topography, and Urban Environments

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
N091-026-1166 		Solicitation Year:
2009 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N091-026 		Solicitation Number:
2009.1
Small Business Information
DIAMOND VISIONICS LLC
400 Plaza Drive, Suite-A Vestal, NY -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Hyper-Elevation Modeling of Terrain, Topography, and Urban Environments
Agency: DOD
Contract: N61340-11-C-0003
Award Amount: $749,878.00
 

Abstract:

The objectives of the proposed effort for this SBIR is to develop abstract methods of defining mixed topographical features on rural and urban terrain and to develop optimized real-time rendering algorithms that allow dynamic interaction with the above complex features in a training simulation environment. Traditional approaches used to render complex objects depend heavily on the offline processing of abstract data in order to put it into a form that is acceptable to the chosen run-time system. There are fundamental disadvantages to this approach including loss of abstraction, increased I/O bandwidth requirements, reduced performance due to CPU-based algorithms, and an inability to efficiently and easily incorporate new data or modifications to existing data. While this approach was ideal in the context in which it was originally developed over 20 years ago, today it is being stretched to the limit of what is practical. This has resulted in the evolution of what was once a great improvement over previous approaches into what is now a typically very costly process for visualizing synthetic environments. The technology we will develop in Phase II will seek to address each of these shortcomings by employing an innovative approach to run-time dynamic database construction and rendering.

Principal Investigator:

Timothy Woodard
Director of Research&De
(607) 729-8526
timw@diamondvisionics.com

Business Contact:

David Gdovin
President
(607) 729-8526
dgdovin@diamondvisionics.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Diamond Visionics LLC
400 Plaza Drive, Suite-A Vestal, NY -

EIN/Tax ID: 161497985
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No