Phelps2020 – We provide real-time and forensic, AI-powered sensor-agnostic edge solutions for optimized video analytics, sensor fusion, and adaptive dissemination, all within small size, weight, and power

Edge AI and Video Analytics Solution Provider

Phelps2020 is a women-owned small business founded in 2009 and headquartered in Knoxville, TN. It specializes in artificial intelligence, data fusion, image and video processing, exploitation, and dissemination. Phelps2020’s engineers have decades of experience integrating sensors, specialized hardware, optics, processing, artificial intelligence, visualization, and dissemination of video data in real-time and at the edge. Phelps2020’s innovative solutions address all types of Electro-optical, infrared, and multi-spectral sensors and are applicable to a spectrum of government and commercial use cases.

Design and Integration Services

Phelps2020 began its pursuit for superior machine learning and computer vision solutions in academia, found a need for its capabilities in the federal and military space and is now providing answers to a multitude of commercial entities in need of artificial intelligence and computer vision solutions.

Our scientists possess a unique depth of expertise across a range of specialties rarely mastered in combination: Optics, Hardware Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and System Integration.

We are passionate about using this expertise to transform video into actionable information for our clients.

Technology
Advancements

For both internal development and acquisition, Phelps2020 provides its technical knowledge in the form of feasibility assessments, technology roadmaps, market surveys and industry reviews, ensuring that clients apply their resources effectively.

Algorithm and
Hardware Design

Phelps2020 helps clients solve unique video analytics issues through services such as custom developed algorithms, intelligent integration os existing software and hardware (FPGA, GPU, CPU), and configuration of industry solutions.

Databasing, test,
and evaluation

Phelps2020 provides data collection services and protocols’ set-up in various environments. For existing video and AI solutions, we also provide testing and evaluation services which benchmark solutions against industry standards to identify deviation and confirm claims.

Existing Solutions

Hardware

Edge-AI Platform

Edge-AI Platform is a low size, weight, and power versatile hybrid hardware solution that ingests 6 different types of video inputs in the visible and/or Infrared, mitigates multiple concurrent degradations and corrects for jitter and atmospheric distortions for long range horizontal paths
Edge-AI Platform then applies optimized AI for the detection of people, vehicles, maritime vessels, and airplanes also in the visible and Infrared bands. Edge-AI also matches and recognizes faces, license plates, hull numbers, and tail numbers.
Edge-AI Platform provides an FTP service and streams out AI-driven smartly encoded video in H264 and H265, accommodating bitrates as low as 64kbps while preserving high quality regions of interest.
Edge-AI Platform is modular, scalable, and customizable to smaller targeted systems like Crystal Edge and 5K-TVS Edge.

5K-TVS Edge

5K-TVS Edge is a small form, hardware solution (FPGA) that accepts video signal as input and returns a corrected version for long range (up to 5 km) visual threat detection and subsequent processing
5K-TVS Edge merges two dozen different functions to intelligently correct a spectrum of video quality issues, concurrently and in real-time, adding to Crystal atmospheric stabilization for long range video
5K-TVS Edge provides an accompanying tablet and GUI for minimal interaction

Crystal Edge

Crystal is a plug-n-play, small form, hardware solution (FPGA) that accepts video signal as input and returns an enhanced version for viewing or processing
Crystal merges a dozen different functions to intelligently correct a spectrum of video quality issues concurrently and in real-time
Crystal requires no configuration as it moves across different environments

Software

AI Platform App

GPU-accelerated Windows and Linux applications that perform the following functions in the visible and Infrared bands:

Accepts and sends multi-protocol uni- and multi-cast streams
Accepts USB cameras
Accepts still images and pre-recorded video sequences
Mitigates multiple concurrent video degradations
Corrects of Atmospheric Distortions and Jitter
Detects of People, vehicles, boats, and airplanes
Recognizes faces, license plates, hull numbers, and tail numbers
Adaptively encodes outgoing streams to accommodate low bandwidth while preserving quality in important regions
Records video upon detection
Saves and FTPs stills upon detection

5K-TVS App

GPU-accelerated Windows and Linux applications that perform the following functions in the visible and Infrared bands:

Accepts and sends multi-protocol uni- and multi-cast streams
Accepts live USB cameras
Accepts still images and pre-recorded video sequences
Mitigates multiple concurrent video degradations
Applies Super-resolution
Corrects of Atmospheric Distortions and Jitter

Crystal App

Crystal App is a standalone GPU-accelerated desktop application (Linux, Windows, and Android) that accepts live and pre-recorded videos and still images
Crystal App performs automatic hands-off enhancement, mitigating low light, extreme contrast, washout, backlighting, fog, haze, dust, and pollution
Crystal App performs super-resolution and denoising
Crystal App is also an API plug in that integrates with existing video viewing systems to automatically enhance images, video clips, and video streams in real-time