Real-time analytics
High speed decision making for critical applications
Several applications require real-time analytics which is a highly specialised area. For example a fighter jet pilot or autonomous drone needs to continually perform threat evaluation using sensor data in real-time. In another application a camera/laser system mounted under the tra
In several areas, decision making using sensor data can be off-line where time is not critical, near real-time where time is important but results are not needed instantaneously, and real-time where analysis has to be in a few milliseconds or less. The definition of near real-time varies across applications. We can safely say that any online near or real-time application requires very fast data acquisition, its analysis and transmission of results. This put major strain on sensors that must work at high speed, analysis algorithms and software that must act quickly on supplied data, and communication channels (copper and fiber) that should supply data quickly between nodes. The time gap between data samples is also a key factor where high sampling rates put a strain on acquisition, transmission and storage. Development of real-time analytics systems requires unique expertise in high speed sensors, real-time software development, FPGAs and embedded electronics, AI chips, fiber based communication and high speed communication and data management that is useful in a broad range of fields from military, to healthcare, to intelligent transportation systems and so on. Our expertise includes but is not limited to:
- Sensor selection, set-up and configuration for real-time data acquisition
- Test-bed evaluation of imaging sensors (optical, linescan) lasers, LIDAR, radar, level sensors, velocity and motion sensors, thermal, etc.
- Fiber communication systems for real-time data transfer
- Assembly of connectors and conduits for use of real-time systems in outdoor environments
- FPGA board selection and programming, use of GPU and high speed CPUs in combination
- Design and manufacture of custom electronics real-time data analysis
- High speed image analytics, use of specialised libraries and hardware platforms for fast performance
- Data storage and database management solutions for very high speed data acquisition including data compression formats
- Real-time decision making software development, combination of multi- sensor data in real-time using AI
- AI chips for high speed analytics
- Miniaturised hardware for high speed processing
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