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Innovative Solutions to Effectively Enforce Anto-texting Rules on Commercial…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Transportation 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2012 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
DTRT57-12-C-10035 		Solicitation Year:
2012 		Solicitation Topic Code:
12.1-FM2 		Solicitation Number:
1
Small Business Information
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION, INC.
15400 CALHOUN DR, STE 400 ROCKVILLE, MD -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2012
Title: Innovative Solutions to Effectively Enforce Anto-texting Rules on Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV) Drivers
Agency: DOT
Contract: DTRT57-12-C-10035
Award Amount: $150,000.00
 

Abstract:

Intelligent Automation Inc. (IAI) proposes an innovative anti-texting system which does not prevent the use of any cell phone but can detect and record the texting and driving behavior for enforcement instead. This proposal lays out a concrete plan to develop a robust and cost effective system that can detect, identify and record the instances when a driver is texting (or voice calling without hands free device). We call this system Robust Anti-texting Law Enforcement System (RATLES). Since there is no single silver bullet for this problem we are formulating a fusion based approach that combines three key measurements: Detect, classify, and locate cell phone use; vision based approach and driving style. We will determine the most robust combination of all or a subset of these technologies for text detection, and demonstrate the feasibility of incorporating these modalities in a single, compact, and low-cost device. The output for these three detection modules will be used to produce a probability metric associated with a texting event. Once this metric crosses a threshold the camera (which is constantly recording and buffering data) system will be asked to store a portion of that data for later use.

Principal Investigator:

Devendra Tolani
Lead Scientist
(301) 294-4630
dtolani@i-a-i.com

Business Contact:

Mark James
Director, Contracts and Proposals
(301) 294-5221
mjames@i-a-i.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Intelligent Automation Inc.
15400 Calhoun Drive suite 400 Rockville, MD 20855-

EIN/Tax ID: 521497192
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: Yes
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No