SBIR/STTR Research Award
SIMPLIFIED AUTO CRASH MEASURING USING A PORTABLE INTEGRATED LASER RADAR/CAMCORDER
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Coleman Research Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
DIGITAL SIGNAL CORPORATION PROPOSES TO REPLACE THE CURRENT VEHICLE CRUSH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF HIGHLY TRAINED INVESTIGATORS USING TIME CONSUMING METHODS WITH A PORTABLE, RUGGED, EASY TO USE LASER RADAR/CAMCORDER SYSTEM. THE BENEFITS RANGE FROM EASY TO REPRODUCE AND CORROBORABLE RESULTS TO AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY POSSIBLE WITH A TRIPOD MOUNTED SYSTEM WHICH SETS UP AND TAKES DATA WITHIN MINUTES. THE RESULT IS A VISUAL RECORD WITH THE LASER RADARCONTOUR MEASUREMENTS (ACCURACY TO WITHIN TENTHS OF AN INCH) OF THE CRUSH DATA RIDING ON THE SAME WIDELY AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL VIDEO TAPE.
Technology keywords
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