OVERVIEW

VISUAL FUSION is the world's premier motion analysis system. The Visual Fusion 3-D motion analysis system is designed to automatically detect and track moving objects in a series of images, and provide position, size, shape, and intensity data as a function of time. Multiple complex shaped objects can be automatically detected and tracked, even on curving and crossing trajectories.

VISUAL FUSION can operate on data from a single camera to provide two dimensional motion data, or it can utilize image sequences from multiple cameras to provide true 3D motion analysis. Visual Fusion is currently in use at some of the country's leading institutions and supports some of the most demanding projects.

FEATURES

** Multiple targets, complex trajectories, including motion reversal
** Automatic Threshold or Pattern detection
** Shape, Intensity, and Position versus Time
** Multiple sensor capability for 3-D motion analysis
** Single sensor 6 Degree of Freedom (6DOF) analysis for rigid targets
** Airbag analysis module giving outline shape, area, and leading edge position
** Harmonic analysis of position or intensity versus time
** Multiple target analysis: separation distance and velocity, angular rates
** Easy to use graphical user interface with on-line help
** Sophisticated, interactive image and graph display capability
** Target information output in ASCII format for easy integration with other software
** Supports TIFF, AVI, MatLab, and raw binary data formats (others available on request)
** Accepts digital or video image input

APPLICATIONS

** Automotive Crash Test Analysis
** Airbag Deployment and Outlining
** Animal locomotion studies
** Missile Flight Analysis
** Protein Molecule Mobility
** Particle Flow and Combustion
** Blast and Fragmentation Analysis
** Stores Separation
** Tire Tread Strain Analysis
** Attitude Estimation
VISUAL FUSION runs on Windows (95/98/NT/2000) workstations. It can be configured to accept a wide range of inputs, from film, video, or digital imagery.

VISUAL FUSION was initially developed by Dr. Jack Sanders-Reed while he was a senior data and image processing analyst at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Sanders-Reed joined SVS in order to commercialize this technology. After joining SVS, Dr. Sanders-Reed was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant by the US Army at White Sands Missile Range to extend the original system to use multiple sensors in order to produce true 3D motion analysis and target orientation (attitude) information. The Visual Fusion motion analysis package has been used to automatically process over 100K frames of image data. Copies are in use today around the world.

Contact: Dr. Jack Sanders-Reed, Jack.Sanders-Reed@boeing.com, 505-449-4600