SBIR Phase II: Reliable, Scalable Projection Mapping Systems with Reusable Content

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力包括通过一种名为投影地图的技术提供信息、教育、广告或娱乐的新方法。这项技术使用商用视频投影仪来增强普通物体的表面；应用范围从广告、活动和娱乐，到博物馆或学校的教育体验，用于康复和可视化的医疗应用，以及模拟(例如军事或员工培训)。通过在全国各地零售点的多次部署，该公司的原型已经证明，这些应用程序不仅将使使用该技术的品牌和公司受益，还将使最终用户(学生、消费者等)受益，与通过视频等其他媒体完成这些相同任务相比，可以更好地参与和更快地学习。在第二阶段项目期间进行的研究将使该公司能够开发可扩展的产品并完成许多部署，为新市场带来投影地图。该公司软件的免费版本也将用于非商业和学术用途，使美术和计算机科学的跨学科研究成为可能。研究产生的研发成果将被公布和向公众传播。这项小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将建立一个商业上可行和可扩展的投影地图系统。虽然投影制图已经有了很长的学术历史，但这种迷人的媒介仍然无法在商业上使用。从50多次客户发现访谈中了解到，零售商正在转向基于位置的体验，以增加客户参与度和销售额。许多其他行业也有类似的吸引注意力和传达信息的需求，但如果没有易于部署和维护的可扩展产品，它们就缺乏提供这些体验的手段。为了满足这一需求，该公司将开发硬件和软件系统，以实现引人入胜和身临其境的投影地图体验。该系统的核心是软件：开发的算法将稳健地校准由任意数量的投影仪/相机组成的投影地图系统，自动将投影内容与场景对齐，并在显示表面非白色/有纹理时执行颜色校正。这些算法将通过标准基准进行验证，从而产生新颖的、最先进的实践。此外，这些方法将允许可重复使用的投影地图内容，这是现有软件所缺乏的关键功能，以及云部署和监测。还将开发新的硬件配置，以实现投影测绘的新用途。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project includes new ways to inform, educate, advertise or entertain through a technology called projection mapping. This technology uses commodity video projectors to augment the surfaces of ordinary objects; applications range from advertising, events, and entertainment, to educational experiences at museums or schools, healthcare applications for rehabilitation and visualization, and simulation (e.g. military or employee training). Through multiple deployments at retail locations across the country, the company's prototypes have demonstrated that these applications will benefit not only the brands and companies that employ the technology, but also the end-users (students, consumers, etc), resulting in better engagement and faster learning when compared to achieving these same tasks through other media such as videos. Research performed during the Phase II project will allow the company to develop a scalable product and fulfill many deployments, bringing projection mapping to new markets. A free version of the company's software will also be available for non-commercial and academic use, enabling interdisciplinary research in fine arts and computer science. The R&D results generated from the research will be published and disseminated to the public.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will build a commercially viable and scalable projection mapping system. While projection mapping has a long academic history, this captivating medium still remains out of commercial reach. As learned from over 50 customer discovery interviews, retailers are shifting towards location-based experiences to increase customer engagement and sales. Many other industries have a similar need to attract attention and convey information, but without a scalable product that can be easily deployed and maintained, they lack the means to provide these experiences. To address this need, the company will develop hardware and software systems to enable captivating and immersive projection mapping experiences. The core of this system is in software: the developed algorithms will robustly calibrate projection mapping systems comprising any number of projectors/cameras, automatically align projected content to the scene and perform color-correction when the display surfaces are non-white/textured. These algorithms will be validated through standard benchmarks, resulting in novel, state-of-the-art practices. Additionally, these methods will allow for reusable projection mapping content, a critical feature lacking in existing software, as well as cloud deployment and monitoring. New hardware configurations will also be developed to achieve new uses for projection mapping.