An Intelligent Omnidirectional Digital Video System for Shipboard Machinery Condition and Personnel Assessments

"The primary objective of this SBIR is to develop and demonstrate an advanced omnidirectional digital video system that overcomes the shortcomings of existing technology for machinery condition and personnel assessments in a harsh shipboard environment.The proposed Omni-Guide system consists of a novel omnidirectional IR sensor for temperature measurement and human activity detection, a low-light visible PTZ camera for tracking human activity and for acquire facial image for face ID, an intelligentcontroller to coordinate actions of these two sensors, and a host computer to perform digital recording of both IR and visible imagery, event trigger actions, facial identification, database management, and alarm settings. Five major innovations in theproposed Omni-Guide system include(1) The highly sensitive omnidirectional IR sensor(2) Intelligently controlled PTZ low-light camera(3) 3D Facial Identification scheme(4) Registered 3D-IR-visible modalities(5) Intelligent Watchdog for Machinery Condition Assessment. The commercial market for the technologies to be developed under this SBIR is obviously sizable. The proposed Omni-Guide systems can be used in machinery condition and personnel activity assessment in factory or environmentally harsh areas. It alsocould be used in physically unacceptable or dangerous areas where direct human interaction is prohibited. In general, the technologies of omnidirectional imag