Foveated Vision Technologies

In this Phase SBIR II proposal, Ziva proposes to demonstrate an innovative ultra-wide field of view imaging system that incorporates foveated zoom capability and is fabricated without having multiple cameras, bulky gimbals, or a large number of mechanically moving parts. Ziva has developed a unique 360degrees wide field of view (WFOV) catadioptric optical imager that incorporates adaptive optical elements for the purpose of enabling rapid optical foveation and zoom capability in real-time. Ziva"s WFOV foveated zoom imager is unique because it promises to: Rapidly foveate on any region in the 360 degrees FOV without loss of overall contextual information Allows automatic target recognition (ATR) capability at 5X distance without increasing the number of pixels by 20X Enable tracking of multiple moving targets incorporating visible and infrared wavelengths at frame-rate speeds (1/30 sec.) Utilize 10X lower SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) vs. electric motors, which translates to 10X longer duration of imaging motes Enable 10X resolution enhancement over entire FOV by employing a unique adaptive optics approach Ziva"s foveated vision approach is ideally suited to enhance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for UAV, UGV, and UGS platforms in that it enables rapid foveated zooms between multiple targets and views, while simultaneously monitoring the entire 360 degrees scene and is adaptable to both visible and IR wavelengths.