Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A16-005

Description

In response to the Army need to improve effective decision-making by the Mission Commander, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to mature, in Phase II, the new Highly Parallel Real-time Image based 3D Modeling and Presentation system (PRIMP) developed and proven feasible in Phase I. POC demonstrated a proof-of-concept prototype that tracks a moving vehicle in real time from airborne video footage provided by the Army and presents the motion in a 3D display interface. We demonstrated improved accuracy of the locations of tracked objects with a latency of <60 s. The Phase I design concept and feasibility study laid the groundwork for the development and demonstration in Phase II of a fully functional prototype system that will integrate information from at least three distributed sensors imaging a scene with up to ten moving targets. It will support 3D presentation with a latency of <30 s through both traditional flat-panel displays and a stereoscopic HMD. It will be compliant with relevant DoD/industry standards (STANAG, MISB, FACE, etc.). The Phase II system will be ready for transitioning to Armys SUMIT (Synergistic Unmanned-Manned Intelligent Teaming) program, thus directly supporting the DoDs third offset strategy.