Advanced Flight Deck Data and Voice Communications Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Topic No.: N091-012 Topic Title: Advanced Flight Deck Data and Voice Communications Proposal No.: N091-012-1075 Firm: MaXentric Technologies LLC 2071 Lemoine Avenue Suite 302 Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024-9212 Contact: houman Ghajari Phone: (858) 272-8800 Web Site: www.maxentric.com Abstract: MaXentric's proposed solution for advanced flight deck data and voice communications is a comprehensive system that encompasses a V-band Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), which offers the bandwidth, security, robustness, and reliability that is required for the next generation Navy network, as well as, a human-computer interface (HCI) that fuses visual automatic speech recognition, along with audio to overcome the challenges of high noise environment and offer a 100 percent reliable voice and data communication wirelessly and covertly on the carrier flight deck. Benefits: Effective speech recognition systems have the potential to replace human labor and improve the user interfaces of a vast number of commercial systems. From drive-through-windows at fast food restaurants to consumer banking, speech recognition could either improve the communication between humans, or enable communication between a human and machine. Moreover, the widespread use of cell phones and other mobile devices creates a scenario in which most people have a large amount of processing power in their pocket. This makes automatic speech recognition a reality. In addition, camera phones can augment their recognition algorithms with video input. Some example applications include: ➢ Automotive speech recognition - with many states, such as California, adopting hands-free laws for voice communication, speech recognition is necessary to support a complete hands-free interface to the cell phone. ➢ Medical transcription: Health care professionals could use recognition systems to transcribe records using voice input into a mobile device such as a cell phone or PDA. ➢ People with disabilities: Some users have limited or no ability to use a keyboard, and prefer the use of speech recognition for transcription. Similarly, speech recognition is used for deaf telephony. Return