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There are strong motivations for the development of accurate, efficient algorithms for the three-dimensional location of stationary or moving targets from one or more video sensors. In this proposal we describe an effort to accomplish this task by exploiting ALPHATECH's unique expertise in all related technology areas: extraction of information from imagery, multi-object tracking, three-dimens ...

Many pyrotechnics contain valuable resources which could be used in commercial applications, for example metals (e.g. magnesium, aluminum); metallic salts of copper, strontium, and barium; oxidizer (e.g. sodium nitrate, potassium Perchlorate); binders such as viton, and dyes which have reclaimed value. The Navy is seeking technology which can recover the valuable ingredients from pyrotechnic flar ...

Aspen Systems proposes to develop a novel process to increase the strength of sapphire at elevated temperatures. The resulting strength increase will alleviate the adverse effects of frictional heating of sapphire windows. Frictional heating can initiate a c-axis strength loss, leading to premature failure. The Aspen process will uniformly implant silicon atoms through the entire window, as ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal is aimed at developing and assessing the feasibility P of a new approach to track discrimination for shipboard IRST sensors. The proposed approach combines two complementary signal processing technologies; single scan discrimination and an innovative geometry-based technique that accomplishes the equivalent of track-before-detect (TBD) processing using significantly le ...

Current Navy infrared proximity fuses use single band MWIR detectors to provide an affordable, reliable, and compact fuse which is effective against high-signature plume-dominated powered targets. However, the current fuse is ineffective against unpowered air targets whose signature is dominated by warm body thermal emission. Atlantic Aerospace, a leader in areas of signal processing and multi- ...

Aware will develop a preliminary design for an operationally effective, scalable, error-resilient video communications system for the real-time one-way transmission of video over wireless channels having a raw (uncorrected) data rate ranging from 64 Kbps to 1.5 Mbs. The work will leverage Aware's state-of-the-art wavelet-based video compression algorithms which are currently being applied to both ...

In the proposed project the applicant will explore the applications of existing methods and expertise in materials imaging to samples which are of specific interest to DoD. We will determine the optimal conditions for recording high resolution, high sensitivity, and high contrast images for the study of aging of polymeric and composite materials. Experimental criteria will be established for stu ...

Batteries are generally tossed out after use, even though many contain hazardous materials. Thus there is a need to identify materials which might substitute for hazardous materials in batteries. Since the trend is towards new and more efficient power sources, material substitutions must be done without sacrificing energy or power density. The proposed approach utilizes a combination of conducti ...

We propose to design a performance prediction/optimization framework for Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) algorithm suites. This framework will be applicable to individual algorithms, groups of algorithms, and whole ATR suites. For the ATR evaluator, it offers the ability to predict the potential for performance improvement in a given algorithm or suite, without having to fully implement it. For ...

This SBIR Phase I proposal focuses on the development of a prototype automatic image screening system that runs multiple image transform and feature extraction algorithms in parallel. Expected advances in high performance parallel desktop computer hardware provide the potential to automatically screen large numbers of high-resolution images at a reasonable cost. To harness this potential, we ...