SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Powerline Geolocation (LAR-TOPS-307)
- Notice Date
- 12/13/2019 12:48:13 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- T2P-LaRC-00025
- Response Due
- 12/11/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/26/2020
- Point of Contact
- Langley Research Center
- E-Mail Address
-
LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov
(LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA’s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.THE TECHNOLOGY: The technology leverages the electrical conductors employed in power transmission for signal transmission for geolocation. Unmanned aerial vehicles have the capability to inspect high-voltage conductors and associated structures from points of view that are not available to ground-based or helicopter-based crews. In order to geolocate its position, such a vehicle relies on one or more navigation systems including: GPS, inertial measurement unit systems (IMUs), or image recognition. Geolocation accuracy via image recognition suffers from changes in lighting (e.g., time of day and weather variations) and from changes in the scene (e.g., foliage changes in spring vs. winter). Inertial systems suffer from positional drift which currently occurs on the order of minutes for compact systems. GPS suffers from multipath affects near metallic structures (which are ubiquitous in transmission line infrastructure), from satellite loss due to horizon blockage (the stadium effect), from electromagnetic interference on the radio band of GPS transmissions, and, most fundamentally, from loss of the GPS transmission by the orbital satellites. Powerline conductors are capable of transmitting signals which could be used for geolocation to aid in navigation.To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA’s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/LAR-TOPS-307If you have any questions, please contact Langley Research Center at LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/These responses are provided to members of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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