Technology

Intellectual Property
Omni-Directional Imaging
Video Motion Detection
Video Image Understanding
Tele-Operation
Smart Interfaces
Potential Applications

Intellectual Property
The comany maintains its competitive edge by continuously expandaing and protecting its Intellectual Property .
Since its establishment, the company has applied multiple patents, which protect its technology, its applications and operational systems. The company's world-wide patents and patent applications protect almost every aspect of the company's operation, together with a large number of trade secrets.
The company's Intellectual Property includes:
Omni-Directional lenses and systems utilizing the omni-directional lenses; Electro-Optic Systems for observation, reconnaissance and information gathering; Optical Designs; Optics manufacturing methods; Image Processing and Image Understanding algorithms and software and User-Machine Interfaces;

Omni-Directional Imaging
One of the most significant technological breakthroughs achieved by the company is its omni-directional imaging technology that enables capturing and viewing of an entire omni-directional field of view simultaneously in real time as well as offline.
As opposed to standard optical lenses which provide coverage of a field of view limited in width, the omni-directional optical lenses developed by the company cover a panoramic (full cylindrical scene) or a nearly spherical scene. The capture of the omni-directional scene is performed simultaneously, without any need for rotating the imaging device, or taking several separate shots to form the omni-directional image.
The omni-directional lenses can be adapted and mounted on any imaging device and may be fabricated at almost any size and according to the specific needs of every application.
The technology has been applied in several of the company's products and enables real time observation of omni-directional scenes in both day light as well as complete darkness.

Video Motion Detection
The company has developed advanced and unique Video Motion Detection (VMD) algorithms which provide a significant improvement and higher reliability to every security system.
The company has developed the Smart VMD 360 - a unique VMD algorithm for omni-directional cameras that enables monitoring motion and events in the entire perimeter around the omni-directional camera. For further information regarding Smart VMD 360 please contact info@odfopt.com.

Video Image Understanding
As an additional enhancement to the image processing capabilities, the company has developed unique advanced image understanding capabilities, which are integrated into its systems and software packages.
O.D.F.'s innovative video image understanding software enables many advanced features such as:
- Multi sensor scene understanding
- Environmental invariance
- Motion detection
- Feature extraction
- Object Recognition
- Object change recognition
- Object tracking
- Sensor to sensor object tracking
- Behavior understanding
- Real time / near real time operating
- End user programmability
Utilizing this innovative software package will enable the user to define events and monitoring characteristics that are of specific interest and the system will automatically identify and respond to each event per pre-defined profile.
The system may alert the user in various ways and at different levels of urgency, according to the severity of the threat or the level of interest assigned to each event
With the enhanced image understanding capabilities, the company's reconnaissance and security systems reaches new levels of performance and reliability, and additional custom-made systems can be developed to meet the unique needs of defense forces, law enforcement agencies and security consumers from around the world.

Tele-Operation
Future Combat Systems (FCS), as developed by Defense R&D establishments around the world, as well as future security systems will include unmanned platforms sent to perform a variety of tasks, either completely autonomously or remote-controlled by a human operator. The intent is to keep the most crucial and priceless factor, the human, away from risk of harm.
O.D.F. Optronics develops a wide variety of remote observation and navigation aids for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, such that will enable to become a part of the multi-billion dollar FCS industry.

Smart Interfaces
The unique capability to capture and present the omni-directional scene requires an effective tool to enable the viewer to fully grasp and correctly orientate in the image that he views. These needs become especially crucial when dealing with real time observation during combat or law enforcement situations.
Throughout the development of each system, the company focuses on human factor issues involved in each application and the special needs each application may require in respect to the interfaces between the user and the system. O.D.F. Optronics is putting to use the experience of is development teams and that of its special advisors and experts to provide advanced display and control interfaces that would enable the operators and viewers convenient and clear display and control.

Potential Applications
O.D.F. Optronics addresses mainly the defense, law enforcement, security and consumer electronics markets, offering advanced solutions to the following fields:
- Observation systems for manned and unmanned platforms, including: Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) etc.
- Reconnaissance systems for special military operations, including Counter Terrorism (CT) and Low Intensity Conflicts (LIC).
- Observation and reconnaissance aids for ground forces.
- Security and Surveillance systems, including automatic Video Motion Detection (VMD) and Image Understanding capabilities.
- Training Monitoring systems for ground forces and tactical teams, including computer software for After Action Review (AAR).
- Custom made systems - including all phases of characterization, design, development, manufacture and implementation.
- Consumer electronics - mobile compact security systems and surveillance devices.