INTELLIGENT FUSION TECHNOLOGY, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF151-034

Description

ABSTRACT:The proposal presents an Intelligent Image Compression Broker Based on Objective with Feedback. A novel structure is applied to receive the input image/video, its metadata (environment and camera parameters), and the feedback from the compressed image quality evaluation to optimize the tradeoff between the compressed image quality and its size (in terms of bits the compressed image occupied). We also propose to apply machine leaning techniques to train the compression method and parameter selection broker, which also accepts real data as a part of the reference as the image quality and the application requirement match each other. Due to the application of the novel system structure, the image compression broker has the capability to continuously adjust the compression algorithm and parameters, and thus the image compression performance is optimized.BENEFIT:The first near term DOD application targets are the Air Force programs, E2AT- Multi-INT Enhanced Exploitation and Analysis Tools, DCGS-X-Distributed Common Ground System program (Air Force), SSN-space surveillance network, SBSS-the Space Based Space Surveillance system, SBIRS-Space-Based Infrared System program, JSARS-JSPOC Situational Awareness Response System. IFT will focus on marketing the resultant technology to its existing Air Force customers. As the first priority, IFT will leverage existing activities that IFT has with several Air Force programs that can quickly take advantage of this highly critical technology. The second priority is to target the Office of Naval Research Data to Decisions program for automated processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) operations, and other related programs where BAE Systems serves as the Prime Contractor. Beyond the E2AT applications, the innovative solutions developed under this program will improve automated PED and decision making for many military applications. IFT and its industry partner will aggressively pursue other applications. As a metric for this task, the technology is also applicable to commercial systems. Our target application will focus on domestic, civic, and humanitarian applications, such as disaster response, environmental research, and law enforcement.