Layer Leader for Intelligent Transportation and Telematics

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• UCSD at Puget Sound
• January 22, 2004 - Grand Hyatt Seattle

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Digital Televiewer

• Prof. Mohan Trivedi
• Electrical Computer Engineering
• IEEE Pioneer Award
• Editor-in-chief, Machine Vision Applications
• Layer Leader for Intelligent Transportation and
  Telematics, California Institute for
  Telecommunications and Information Technology
  CAL-IT(2)
• Head, Computer Vision and Robotics Lab, UCSD

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Digital Televiewer

• Product Vision
• Turn-key end-user video system
• 360 viewing with software pan-tilt-zoom.
• Applications homeland security, smart cars, and
  traffic monitoring.
• Technology
• Software that can utilize fixed hyperbolic mirror
  cameras that produce 360 images, then decode the
  image to provide rectilinear views - with
  built-in security levels - on PCs, PDAs, or as
  part of a more sophisticated sensor system.

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DTV
Highway-mounted cameras providing live traffic
monitoring
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DTV

• Potential Market
• 96 of security equipment buyers for Global 500
  companies purchased video surveillance equipment
  in 2001
• Latest budget appropriations for Homeland
  Security are above 30 billion.
• Each casino uses roughly 800 cameras to monitor
  the gaming.

Sources Security Magazine survey, CCAT market
survey, whitehouse.gov
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DTV

• State of Development Various working prototypes
  deployed around San Diego
• IP Status Patent pending - PCT Published (WO
  2004/004320)
• Market StatusWorldwide rights available

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DTV

• Developmental PlanBegin to manufacture turn-key
  systems (est. cost 1,000 - 2,800 at low
  volumes) while developing new software apps.
• Business Strategy Initially, fund lean system
  integration-oriented business as a specialty
  solution provider. Possibly joint venture with
  key customer (casino, airport security).
• Potential Inventor RolesInventors could serve
  as an advisor

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