Command and Control for Embedded Systems
Navy STTR FY2006


Sol No.: Navy STTR FY2006
Topic No.: N06-T004
Topic Title: Command and Control for Embedded Systems
Proposal No.: N064-004-0204
Firm: Puritan Research Corporation
9711 Brookstone Lane
Vienna, Virginia 22182-1998
Contact: Kathleen Griggs
Phone: (703) 938-1100
Web Site: www.puritanresearch.com
Abstract: Puritan Research proposes GRIDCAM Technology. GRIDCAM adapts networked embedded sensors to enhance conventional cameras so that they exchange explicit information about entities in their field of view and are common in the field of view of other cameras at the same moment in time. This allows ordinary cameras to include 3D information in the images they collect. GRIDCAM technology will create a ubiquitous, highly discriminate, persistent ISR capability that can exist over a large volume of 3D space. GRIDCAM imagers will be trained on the scene over a period of time, and track and locate transient events through embedded, cooperative networked synchronization.
Benefits: Key benefits of GRIDCAM are enhanced sensing capabilities, the ability to extract 4D information from 2D imagers that can assist targeting, autonomous air vehicles and mobile robots to work in complex, unconstrained environments.

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