CSLabs Awarded a Direct to Phase II Army SBIR for Height of Burst Estimation System (HoBES)

CSLabs Secured Phase II SBIR Award for HOBES (Height of Burst Estimation System)

Technology Developed

End-to-end automated software system for burst detection and height-of-burst calculation. It supports automatic detection of the burst from a video file, utilizing a change detection approach which makes use of multiple computer vision algorithms to process and detect the burst. HOBES then processes the image of the burst frame from the video file from one or multiple angles for a height-of-burst calculation done either through XGBoost or a multi-camera triangulation approach. HOBES revolutionizes fuze testing, minimizes man-hours, and improves accuracy of height estimation using AI algorithms and other proven approaches in real world scenarios. CSLabs’ open and modular DeltaX software framework, developed during an SBIR Phase II and transitioning Phase III, provided an easy-to-use configurable processing pipeline and image processing framework. Its processing pipeline has been developed to integrate with different camera systems and facilitates integration of generic AI algorithms (avoiding vendor lock-in). This framework for data processing was used in HOBES for the research and development of algorithms.