SBIR/STTR Research Award

Detecting and Classifying Marine Mammals in Infrared Video Using AI

Award identifier d8390ca3e302cdb392c3cb12909311f24eb0c51b5fbbdd55871649f4d4096861Awarding agency Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Award amount

$150,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2021

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Commerce
Branch
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Recipient company
TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION
Proposal award date
2021-09-01
Contract end date
2022-02-28
UEI
PK1CB3L39XX8
Solicitation number
NOAA-OAR-OAR-TPO-2021-2006702
Topic code
9.3

Research abstract

We propose to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can automatically process infrared video to detect and classify marine mammals. We will use a novel deep neural architecture developed at Toyon based on the latest research in artificial neural networks. Our approach is able to capture both temporal and spatial features that are present in the infrared video. We plan to train our network using months of recorded long wave infrared (LWIR) video from multiple cameras that observed the ocean day and night for months at a time with marine mammals present on occasion. Our training process will involve the use of human‐developed algorithms and semi‐automated tools for data extraction. We will evaluate the performance of our AI system and compare its performance to existing human‐developed algorithms.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

601 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2026). Reported award amounts total $249,287,075. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy

Contractor profile

TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION

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Agency intelligence

Department of Commerce

NAICS intelligence

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Contractor industry classification NAICS 541512

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