SBIR/STTR Research Award
OPTICAL COMPUTER FOR FRACTAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
Award amount
$59,904Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
FRACTAL PATTERNS FROM NATURAL OR MANMADE SOURCES APPEAR IN MANY MILITARY IMAGE INTERPRETATION PROBLEMS. THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL TESTS, THEORY AND DESIGN ANALYSIS, PHASE I RESEARCH WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED, DEDICATED OPTICAL COMPUTER TO IDENTIFY FRACTAL PATTERNS WITHIN IMAGES AND MEASURE THEIR FRACTAL DIMENSION. THE PROGRAM BUILDS ON A NONLINEAR OPTICAL CELLULAR AUTOMATION COMPUTER NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT FOSTERMILLER. PHASE II WILL PROCEED TO DEMONSTRATE A COMPLETE ITERATIVE SYSTEM BASED ON PHOTOREFRATIVE CRYSTALS. A FULLY DEVELOPED SYSTEM MAY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO LABLE CERTAIN IMAGE AREAS AS "CLOUD," "MOUNTAIN TERRAIN" OR "SEA" WITHIN A FEW MICROSECONDS OF COMPUTATION TIME. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH WILL BE DIRECTED AT OPTICAL COMPUTER IMPLEMENTATION OF BAMSLEY FRACTAL MODELING FUNCTIONS. EXTREMELY SIMPLE ALL-OPTICAL DESIGNS APPEAR CAPABLE OF PERFORMING FRACTAL MATHEMATICAL MANIPULATIONS.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency