NOVATEUR RESEARCH SOLUTIONS LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: A20B-T017

NOVATEUR RESEARCH SOLUTIONS LLC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$166,477
Agency
Department of Defense · Army
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
A20B-T017
Solicitation
20.B
NAICS
Place of performance
VA
Period
2020-12-21 → 2021-07-21

Description

This SBIR Phase I project will demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of a sensor system to capture and construct high-resolution depth measurements for smooth surfaces such as concrete and asphalt pavements. The Novateur team will develop a prototype system using COTS components and test perform tests at its Accelerated Pavement Testing Facility (APTF). The proposed system incorporates hardware components including stereo line-scan camera, a high-resolution color camera, an IMU and artificial illumination. The Phase I effort will include; development of proposed sensor system prototype, algorithms and software tools for efficient stereo line-scan camera to color camera calibration, generation of high-resolution depth surface map and visualization interface. The project will benefit from Novateur Team’s expertise in the areas of computer vision, 3D reconstruction, line-scan camera systems, real-time autonomous systems, as well as pavement testing.