SBIR/STTR Research Award
Motion-Detecting Imager Based on Insect Vision for Autonomous Seeker Applications
Award amount
$99,996Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1998Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Tanner Research, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- X7KGA99EEDX5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Tanner Research is proposing to develop analog VLSI circuitry for a motion-detecting imager based on the biological paradigm of insect vision, for application to a new class of seekers for autonomous guided weapons.Our hardware development is proposed in the context of eventual application in a f simple, cheap autonomous weapons of limited capability are simultaneously deployed in such a way as to insure high probability of mission success. To this end, groundwork for model-building and simulation of autonomous ject. By adopting such an innovative strategic approach, we shall overcome the technical issues that have thwarted the practical application of on-focal-plan motion-sensing imagers in previous experimental implementations.
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.
- Compact Sensor for Non-Destructive Propellant Mechanical Property Evaluation
- Title: 270V DC Add-on Upgrade for CMBRE
- Radiation Performance Improvements for EFIs
- Retrofittable Probe Latching Detection Concepts for Unmanned Aerial Refueling
- Novel Subminiature Assembly, MEMS Ultrasound, for implementation of SDPSS
Research funding history
185 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $49,118,132. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration