A Software Tool for Improved Digital MI Handling

"HPC will develop a software tool that uses software-only decoding to display digital MI to screen from a 8Mbit MPEG-2 TS from a UDP source. HPC will use their MPEG-2 decoding technology, which offers decoding rates exceeding 50 fps (less than 20ms) andno-buffering of I-frame only images. Additionally, this software package will use an ODBC connection to talk to a DIICOE approved RDBMS to store and retrieve motion imagery. A user will be able to annotate digital MI as it is displayed on screen,retrieve the digital MI with the annotation, and will be able to auto-generate mosaics using state-of-the-art mosaicking technology developed by HPC. This Phase I investigation will culminate in a prototype software tool and a Software RequirementSpecification that will drive the Phase II development effort. The resultant software will have great commercial potential for branches of the DoD, for local and state law enforcement agencies, and for private surveillance firms who need to store,retrieve, and manipulage digital MI."