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Multi-Channel Video Compression for CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NAS5-01186
Agency Tracking Number: 013175
Amount: $69,995.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20600 Gramercy Place, Building 100
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Andrew Kostrzewski, PhD
 Assistant Vice President
 (310) 320-3088
 sutama@poc.com
Business Contact
 Gordon Drew
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (310) 320-3088
Email: gdrew@poc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Current and future NASA Cave Automatic Virtual Environments (CAVEs) require high quality multi-channel real-time, full 30-60 frames per second (fps) video compression, for which high-compression-ratio, effectively-lossless compression remains the only practical solution. Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a unique ultra-high quality video compression based on proprietary, object oriented compression technology to reduce the high bandwidth requirement for the CAVE system. The proposed Multi-Channel Object Oriented (MCOO) system will include use of novel multi-channel compression, soft computing, and optimized motion estimation algorithm. Our goal is to provide virtually lossless multi-channel video compression reducing the data rate to ATM OC-3 level (155 Mbps corresponding to compression ratio of 150:1). Such a reduction of the data rate will open completely new applications for CAVE-like visualization where a computational center can send the multi-channel video data to a remote location where the CAVE visualization unit is installed. The distances between the computing center and the visualization center can be as great as several thousands of miles. POC will demonstrate a system with a latency of 10 ms. The Phase I program will be concluded with high quality video compression hardware applicable to the CAVE system.

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