SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Ultra-Wideband Detecting and Tracking ? Urban Eyes
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2005
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 238990
— All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Industrial Partnerships & Commercialization, 7000 East Avenue L-795, Livermore, CA, 94550
- ZIP Code
- 94550
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-FBO115-06
- Response Due
- 1/13/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/16/2006
- Description
- TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Ultra-Wideband Detecting and Tracking ? Urban Eyes Opportunity: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the University of California under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to license and commercially develop a system that utilizes advanced radar and signal processing techniques to detect and characterize moving objects behind opaque solid barriers. Background: Urban Eyes provides capability to detect, locate, track and identify personnel behind obstructions from a standoff distance using ultra-wideband (UWB) radar sensors in remote or other locations that do not necessarily provide communications infrastructure. Using this technology, LLNL deployed a search team to the World Trade Center after 9/11, and recently worked with first response FEMA task force teams to search for living victims of the recent hurricane Katrina disaster aftermath in New Orleans. Fire, police, military, and emergency response teams have already expressed an active interest in acquiring the device. Description: Urban Eyes is a portable system using return radar signals to track motions through light construction materials (sheetrock, two-by-four frame construction, etc.) and rubble. It consists of small, light-weight micropower-impulse radar (MIR) UWB sensors and a wired or wireless visual display. Signal and image processing algorithms are applied to digitized radar return signals and used to triangulate and locate moving objects. Motion characteristics at the location of the moving subject can then be analyzed. A spectral estimation algorithm is then applied to provide an estimate of the human heartbeat and respiration signature (HRS). Advantages: Man portable with single backpack deployment It can ?see? through wood, reinforced concrete, sheetrock, smoke, debris. Demonstrated to detect motion up to 25 feet through multiple walls Very effective through rubble or walls reinforced with rebar Detects small movements such as hand waving, postural sway, and respiration A single sensor tracks motion and location in one dimension, while dual sensors track motion and location in two dimensions. Low power operation (>4 hour battery lifetime) Easy to interpret displays (no training required), refresh rate >30 frames/s Standoff capability using remote wireless display of up to 0.5 km Potential Applications: Applications include: search and rescue, facility monitoring, home security, medical and patient monitoring, monitoring of athletic activity, police actions, hostage situations, identifying terrorist movements, troop and soldier monitoring, urban warfare, monitoring of prisoners, transportation security, industrial security. Development Status: A Patent Applications have been filed. The device has performed well in difficult environments, however, it may require improved packaging and ruggedization to meet the appropriate technical readiness level for deployment with first responder teams. Additional technical information available at http://www.llnl.gov/IPandC/technology/profile/announcement/UrbanEyes.php LLNL is seeking industry partners with a demonstrated ability to bring such inventions to the market. Moving critical technology beyond the Laboratory to the commercial world helps our licensees gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. All licensing activities are conducted under policies relating to the strict nondisclosure of company proprietary information. Please visit the IPAC website at http://www.llnl.gov/IPandC/workwithus/partneringprocess.php for more information on working with LLNL and the industrial partnering and technology transfer process. Note: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Companies interested in commercializing LLNL's UWB Detecting and Tracking Technology -Urban Eyes should provide a written statement of interest, which includes the following: 1. Company Name and address. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of a point of contact. 3. A description of corporate expertise and facilities relevant to commercializing this technology. Written responses should be directed to: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Industrial Partnerships and Commercialization P.O. Box 808, L-795 Livermore, CA 94551-0808 Attention: FBO 115-06 Please provide your written statement within thirty (30) days from the date this announcement is published to ensure consideration of your interest in LLNL's UWB Detecting and Tracking Technology -Urban Eyes.
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