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Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) has been employed as a major technology to collect heavy vehicles’ data on the freeways. Because WIM is one of the most costly and sophisticated data collection system, how to effectively utilize the valuable WIM data, monitor WIM stations' performance, and identify out of calibration stations are especially important. In this project, we propose an innovative and yet pract ...

NOAA can reduce costs and improve efficiency by remotely monitoring harbors, navigation channels, and coastlines for bathymetric changes. This will aid NOAA in its mission to maintain waterways and assure maritime safety. This remote sensing can be accomplished by implementing a new radar derived bathymetry capability. Areté Associates proposes to demonstrate an advanced algorithm to derive ba ...

Toyon Research Corporation proposes to develop a mobile VHF-based sensor suite for detecting and mapping lightning flashes. The proposes Lightning Mapping Unmanned Sensor (LUTMUS)™ System will meet small unmanned aerial system (UAS) cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWAP) constraints and should be capable of being placed on virtually any small UAS. The most critical component of the LITMUS syst ...

We propose to develop software that is capable of automatically classifying and measuring the length of fish observed in video. We will focus initially on underwater video, but much of the software will also be applicable to fish onboard commercial fishing vessels as well. Our approach is to first segment fish based on their motion in the water. For this purpose, we will make use of existing au ...

This proposal seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of using impulse radar techniques to detect and identify explosive detonators. It relies on the fact that a radar impulse will excite natural electromagnetic resonances which characterize the size, shape, and material composition of an object. These resonances are present in the scattered transient return from the object and can be extracted by ...

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Anti-glare visors and rearview mirrors for cars can be constructed by inserting a photochromic layer in the focal plane of an optical system. Rays from intense glare souces are focused and create dark spots on the photochromic layer and thus self attenuate. Rays from dim objects are left unaffected. The optics can be achieved with either conventional lenses or microlens arrays. Anti-glare devi ...

Transportation planning currently relies on extensive and expensive household surveys, which are so costly that they are rarely conducted more than once every ten years and are often out-of-data within a year or two. Research is proposed that would test the feasibility of supplementing or supplanting these surveys with commercial data bases. To accomplish this, existing data sources will be revi ...

AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A FULLY CENTRALIZED (ONE SOURCE, MANY LIGHT POINTS) FIBER OPTIC APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM, PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION (POC) PROPOSES A MORE REALISTIC AND MUCH MORE COST-EFFECTIVE DESIGN. A SINGLE LAMP, WITH POWER CONSUMPTION ONE-THIRD THAT OF LAMPS NOW IN USE, FEEDS A FEW NEAREST LIGHTS THROUGH A PLASTIC FIBER. THIS ACHIEVES THE MAJOR GOAL OF FIBER OPTIC IMPLEMENTATION: REMOVI ...

OPERATOR'S PERCEPTION OF LUGGAGE IMAGES WOULD BE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE OPERATORS METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AND CLEARING THREATS. ACTUAL OPERATORS WOULD BE INTERVIEWED AND STUDIED, AS WELL AS EXPERT ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND OPERATORS DECISIONS. IMAGE SHORTCOMINGS AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED. SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSISTS WOULD BE STUDIED.