SBIR-STTR Award

A Secure, Mobile Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Internet-of-Things (IoT) Video/Audio Interoperability Device (VAID)
Award last edited on: 6/8/2016

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DHS
Total Award Amount
$99,951
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
H-SB016.1-001
Principal Investigator
Robert E Balfour

Company Information

BALFOUR Technologies LLC

510 Grumman Road West Suite 212
Bethpage, NY 11714
   (516) 513-0030
   contact@fourdscape.com
   www.bal4.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 03
County: Nassau

Phase I

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Phase I year
2016
Phase I Amount
$99,951
In an emergency or special event, First Responders need to leverage existing/available video and audio feeds from surveillance systems already deployed at the site. This audio/video connectivity must be achieved rapidly and easily as first responders arrive, and should also include access to valuable mobile/wireless audio/video feeds that become available during the emergency/event. Balfour Technologies proposes to develop a video/audio interoperable device (VAID) that first responders can deploy on-site that will: (A) strongly authenticate users and connect to commonly deployed/existing surveillance camera systems; (B) discover and stream live and archived audio/video from existing surveillance cameras; (C) securely broadcast this audio/video in realtime to first responders and emergency managers on-site or in remote/mobile command centers; (D) provide an easy-to-use user interface to configure, manage, control, record, and view these camera streams in a common operating environment (where additional features such as geo-location, automated video analytics, etc. could be applied); and (E) dynamically connect to and capture live mobile/wireless audio/video (i.e. from smartphones) that becomes available during the event. With Balfour's extensive past experience integrating many diverse surveillance systems over the past decade, this VAID innovation will be able to be rapidly implemented incrementally and initially deployed within months. Commercially, every federal/local/state first responder group (fire, police, security) should have a VAID system to quickly acquire interior surveillance video/audio feeds during fires, active shooters, etc. emergency situations. And security groups for every large/multi-campus organizations with a mix of surveillance systems at various locations/buildings can benefit from utilizing VAID systems.

Phase II

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