Extreme Computing with Light, Low Power, and Small Equipment

ECLIPSE builds on our previous work in Automatic Target Recognition (ATR).  In this SBIR phase II project we designed, built, and tested a new, all digital system that is just as fast as our previous electro-optical hybrid system. The advantages of the ECLIPSE system are that it is cheaper, potentially smaller, and more flexible than the previous ULTOR® Advanced Optical Correlator (AOC).

We have applied ECLIPSE technology to the problem of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detection. Although we can’t discuss it here, ECLIPSE has a demonstrated capability in this area.

NASA is applying our ECLIPSE-developed technology to the problem of Automatic Rendezvous and Docking. The ULTOR® Passive Pose Position Engine (P3E) runs on the ECLIPSE hardware. P3E makes precise real-time measurements of target pose and position (six degrees of freedom) using imagery from a camera. AOS has developed a portable desk-top demonstration of P3E.

Contact Keith Farr for details.