Hand-Held Multi-Sensor Capture, Data Fusion and 3D Imagery System Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Topic No.: N08-045 Topic Title: Hand-Held Multi-Sensor Capture, Data Fusion and 3D Imagery System Proposal No.: N081-045-1050 Firm: Mobile Intelligence Corporation 13620 Merriman Road Livonia, Michigan 48150-1814 Contact: Douglas MacKenzie Phone: (734) 367-0430 Web Site: www.mobile-intelligence.com Abstract: It has long been a maintenance and modernization problem with the time, man-power and resources required to fix and upgrade ships in the fleet. Prior to submarines entering the depot, extensive engineering and production planning is required to verify the current state of existing equipment and configurations since rarely do ships match the construction drawings. This causes a serious dilemma when ships are to be retrofitted with new equipment and maintenance teams are unable to properly install such equipment when it doesn't "fit". This research proposes to solve this problem by developing and demonstrating a hand-held combination laser scanning, camera and imagery system for shipboard engineering personnel to scan areas of interest and output a 3D point-cloud. These images and sensor data will be used to generate engineering drawings to identify the size and separation of equipment and structures. Using a feature recognition tool, this capability will aid future design and modeling of shipboard spaces. Engineers can render the engineering diagrams in rotational 3Dimensional views. This data can be used for engineering changes, modernization, intelligent information gathering and life-cycle support initiatives, to improve ship maintenance and decrease down time. Benefits: For this project, we see a number of exciting commercialization possibilities. In both military, law enforcement, Homeland Security and commercial arenas there exists a need to monitor, measure and document changes in local or remote areas. These changes can be in the form of man-made modernization and improvements, naturally occurring events, or industrial or similar accidents that change the landscape of the target environment. The proposed laser scanning, 3D imagery and engineering diagram development system will have the capability to provide vital information and statistics about targeted areas or objects of interest from both hand-held and remote autonomous vehicle models, which will protect individuals from harm if the system is deployed in chemically hazardous or structurally unsafe environments. One of the potential commercialization applications lies within the ship breaking and demolition industry. Another potential application we see for this device would be to mount it on an autonomous robot with chemical and biological sensors to detect and tag potentially hazardous regions in the ship. FEMA, remote medical, search and rescue, fire, police, boarder patrol, and other site evaluation agencies would benefit from such technologies to identify dangers, potentially trapped individuals, or assess the stability of a site during a catastrophes or hostage situation. The accurate mapping and engineering of items could also transition to the manufacturing industry (steel, automobiles, manufactured homes, etc.) to monitor and regulate tolerances or find deficiencies in the product or its fit as it moves along the assembly process. Return