130 likes | 244 Views
SHOALS R&D Enable access to DoD markets Enhance satisfaction / support to existing U.S. clients Build military equivalents of commercial technology. 60,000sqft. Facility 200+ employees Educated staff = 70% + with degrees 15 PhD, 17 BSc, 13 MSc, 10 P. Eng., 8 MBA, and many more designations.
E N D
SHOALS R&D Enable access to DoD markets Enhance satisfaction / support to existing U.S. clients Build military equivalents of commercial technology 60,000sqft. Facility 200+ employees Educated staff = 70% + with degrees 15 PhD, 17 BSc, 13 MSc, 10 P. Eng., 8 MBA, and many more designations Toronto, CANADA Mississippi, USA “The Lidar Company”
MOBILE MAPPER Optech Business Units Marine (Bathymetry) Terrestrial (ALTM) Space Industrial Products Laser Imaging Mobile Mapping Solutions
Initial Laser Pulse Surface Return Bottom Return Structure of Airborne LIDAR • Optech LIDAR systems employ enabling technologies that include: • GPS Constellation fully deployed • IMU Inertial Measurement Unit • Laser Diode-pumped solid state • TIM Time Interval Meter- single- shot timing electronics
ALTM Product Evolution • 10 + Years of Evolution Gemini Flown up to 3.5km Multiple Pulse 33kHz to 167kHz ALTM 30/70 Flown up to 3 km 70 kHz to 1.5km 50 kHz to 2.5km 33 kHz to 3.5km ALTM 3033 Flown @ 3 km 33 kHz ALTM 1210 Flown @ 2 km 10 kHz ALTM prototype Flown @ 1 km 2 kHz 1993 1998 2001 2003 2006 Continuous Product Innovation Next 2004 1995 1999 2002 ALTM 3100 Flown up to 3.5 km 100 kHz to 1.1km 70 kHz to 1.5km 50 kHz to 2.5km 33 kHz to 3.5km ALTM 2050 Flown @ 2 km 50 kHz ALTM 1020 Flown @ 1.2 km 5 kHz ALTM 1225 Flown @ 2 km 25 kHz
ALTM – Gemini Computer Rack Operator & Flight Navigation Interface Laptop Pilot Display • Technology Breakthrough - “Multi-Pulse” • Reduced Survey Cost • Efficient Data Acquisition
Multiple Returns First Returns Second Returns Third Returns Last Returns All Returns
Multi-Sensor Fusion SHOALS rb532 Casi Lsenl Fusion rbl
Laser Imaging Division ILRIS-36D • Offers all of the functionality of the ILRIS-3D while extending the field of view from 40°x 40° to 360°x 360° • Removable rotating base offers flexible power, weight and size considerations • 2500 Laser Points per Second • Measurement Ranges > 1,000m • Embedded Digital Camera • Completely Eye safe
What is Lynx? The Lynx Mobile Mapper is 1. A mobile mapping solution that incorporates Lidar, cameras and position/navigation
Flight Hardware: Meteorological Station Lidar Sensor Launch in August 2007. Land on Mars in May 2008. Space Division: Mission: NASA Phoenix Mars Lander 2007 SLTM - Spaceborne Lidar Terrain Mapper • Building on our ALTM heritage, Optech has developed a scanning lidar designed to map the Lunar surface.