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Foveated ACquisition, Tracking, and Object Recognition (FACTOR)

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
73030 		Program Year/Program:
2005 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
F051-159-0715 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
21st Century Technologies Inc.
6011 West Courtyard Drive Bldg 5, Suite 300 Austin, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2005
Title: Foveated ACquisition, Tracking, and Object Recognition (FACTOR)
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: FA8651-05-C-0269
Award Amount: $99,947.00
 

Abstract:

Recently-developed foveating optical sensors like the VASI camera offer new opportunities to significantly increase the effectiveness of automated munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles, and missile defense systems. Foveating sensors reduce the bandwidth and computation required to perform image processing. Without appropriate image processing algorithms, however, these cameras cannot be effectively used. Robust algorithms for solving these problems do not yet exist. This proposal describes the Foveated ACquisition, Tracking, and Object Recognition (FACTOR) effort, which will develop the algorithms needed to demonstrate the advantages of foveating sensors on the modern battlefield. FACTOR will leverage the new sensors by developing novel algorithms for camera foveation control, and by tailoring existing target acquisition, tracking, and recognition algorithms for use on foveated imagery. FACTOR will let the U.S. Air Force exploit its new sensors to simultaneously achieve wide fields of view, high spatial resolution on multiple targets of interest, and extremely high frame rates. The result will be more effective smart munitions, lower bandwidth requirements for video transmission off of UAVs, and new opportunities for tracking extremely fast targets like incoming ballistic missiles.

Principal Investigator:

Thayne Coffman
Principal Scientist
5123420010
tcoffman@21technologies.com

Business Contact:

Darrin Taylor
Vice President
5123420010
dtaylorz@21technologies.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
4515 Seton Center Parkway, Suite 320 Austin, TX 78759

EIN/Tax ID: 541719551
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No