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Citation
(2003), "Irvine Sensors receive follow-on contract; $959K army award to develop computer image processing module", Sensor Review, Vol. 23 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2003.08723cab.011
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Irvine Sensors receive follow-on contract; $959K army award to develop computer image processing module
Irvine Sensors receive follow-on contract; $959K army award to develop computer image processing module
Keywords: Image processing, High speed
Irvine Sensors Corporation has announced that it received a $959,000 follow-on contract to previous small business innovation research ("SBIR") contracts related to its proprietary "Silicon Brain (TM)" stacked-chip packaging technology and "Silicon Neuron (TM)" image processing architecture. The goal of the new contract, funded by the Missile Defense Agency and administered by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, is to integrate these technologies to develop an ultra-high-speed image processing module compatible with a range of commercially available computers.
"Under previous contracts, we have demonstrated image processing boards that markedly increase the speed by which specialized computers address problems of pattern recognition. Basically, pattern recognition is a template-matching problem. An image is matched against a database of "knowns" until a probable identification is made. For problems such as identifying a moving face in a crowd or intercepting an incoming missile, the speed at which this can be accomplished is critical. We believe that the new contract will allow us to develop a stacked chip module based on our 3 Dimensional Artificial Neural Network (TM) ("3DANN (TM)") technology that can perform these operations at teraflop speed – a trillion comparisons per second. If we can successfully provide a standardized module with this capability, military, security and robotics image recognition systems would all be able to address requirements well beyond what can be done today", said John Carson, Irvine Sensors' President and Chief Operating Officer.
For further information, visit the Web site at: www.irvine-sensors.com