To improve the Navys unmanned vehicles performance in achieving sea/air domain mission goals, Photon-X proposes its Spatial Phase Imaging (SPI) 3D EO/IR Platform (Platform) to provide passive, high-resolution, dynamic, real-time 3D sensing and analytics for advanced ISR and autonomy. SPI captures an additional optical EO/IR dataset - shape. Deep learning/AI has disadvantages and limitations in autonomy, robotics, and ISR. The core of the issue resides not in the amount of data used to train the algorithms, but the limited amount of shape data provided by color and intensity - including thermal. Photon-Xs innovative solution not only assists the deep neural networks (DNN) with the nil conundrum but also is a superior system in dynamic and unpredictable operating environments, uniquely identifying objects, and guiding robotic and autonomy movements. The Platform can not only find, track, locate, and uniquely identify multiple fast-moving objects but also extract objects from their environments. As SPI sensors capture and output 3D real-time surfaces at the pixel level, the benefits of the technology include improved target recognition and ranging, streamlined real-time processing, and installed with minimal modifications. Photon-X is commercializing portions of the SPI Platform for industrial and consumer uses including robotics, industrial NDT, and 3D biometric identifications.
Benefit: Photon-Xs SPI 3D AI Platform will provide warfighters a robust and effective solid-state ISR autonomy platform. Photon-Xs SPI 3D AI Platform will provide Navy UUV and USVs a high-value 3D sensing and analytics platform that is proven to increase ISR capabilities, enhance robotic accuracy, find, track, and identify threats, obstacles, and objects (such as ships), and perceive the 3D surroundings and recognize anomalies for autonomous activities. The SPI 3D AI Platform is a commercial Platform that is scalable and flexible with a low SWaP. The Platform consists of sensors, lenses, and analytics which allow the Platform to be an enhancement that requires minimal modifications to the senor pods. The SPI system is be flexible and scalable which allows the Navy to add more 3D analytical application options, such as 3D NDT applications. As an ISR example, a 5megapixel SPI system can find, track, uniquely identify, provide xyx and vector data, and determine payload volume of a DJI Phantom UAS at 1200m. The Platform can and detect a DJI Phantom at ~5000meters. The Platforms technology applications and solutions can be utilized on land, sea, and air. One way in which the Photon-X SPI 3D AI Platform (as applied to N120-070 will help non-defense end-users and customers is by providing low-cost, high-resolution 3D surface capture and AI analytics for autonomous vehicles and robotics. Photon-X is currently engaged in a high-resolution robotic project for a commercial aircraft manufacturer. Both projects require high-resolution 3D surface detection and AI analytics to adjust motion (vehicle paths). Additional, non-defense benefits will include but not be limited to passive radar applications for aircraft, autonomous 3D robotics, outdoor/hunting 3D vision products, and enhanced security products and services.
Keywords: anomaly recognition, anomaly recognition, AI, ISR, Autonomy, Identify, real-time, 3D sensors, Object Tracking
