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

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力包括通过一种称为投影映射的技术来提供信息、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保健应用以及模拟（例如军事或员工培训）。通过在全国各地的零售地点进行多次部署，该公司的原型已经证明，这些应用程序不仅将使采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相同的任务相比，可以提高参与度和学习速度。在第二阶段项目中进行的研究将允许公司开发可扩展的产品并完成许多部署，将投影映射带到新市场。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。研究所得的研发成果将会出版并向公众传播。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）二期项目将建立一个商业上可行和可扩展的投影映射系统。虽然投影测绘有着悠久的学术历史，但这种迷人的媒介仍未进入商业领域。从50多个客户发现访谈中了解到，零售商正在转向基于位置的体验，以提高客户参与度和销售额。许多其他行业也有吸引注意力和传递信息的类似需求，但由于没有易于部署和维护的可扩展产品，它们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，以实现迷人的沉浸式投影映射体验。该系统的核心是软件：开发的算法将健壮地校准投影映射系统，包括任意数量的投影仪/摄像机，自动对齐投影内容到场景，并在显示表面是非白色/纹理时执行色彩校正。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用的投影映射内容，这是现有软件缺乏的一个关键特性，以及云部署和监控。还将开发新的硬件配置，以实现投影映射的新用途。

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.