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With an already long-standing record of collaboration, both companies are proud to be able to join together and use their complementary research and development capabilities to bring the most advanced hardware and software products to market.

SHOTOVER Systems will continue to operate from the companies headquarter locations in Boulder, Colorado and Queenstown, New Zealand, as well as maintain its Service Center locations in Los Angeles, CA and Maintal, Germany. The company remains committed to supporting its current product line and industries, and is focused on extensive new product development as well as providing enhanced augmented reality offerings for existing products.

Churchill Navigation founder and CEO, Tom Churchill, will lead the company as CEO, while current SHOTOVER Camera Systems CEO, Brad Hurndell, will remain with the firm as General Manager.

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The Riverside Police Aviation Unit in Riverside, CA recently became the first airborne law enforcement unit in the county to use augmented reality map overlays to address this challenge.

Using Churchill Navigation’s Augmented Reality Mapping Software (ARS), the Riverside Police Aviation Unit worked with local school resource officers to map the layout of every public and private school in the community.

Now, when the aircrew responds to a call, the video from the camera in the aircraft can be overlaid in ARS with a real-time map of the campus or building’s floorplan. The operator can toggle the overlay on or off as needed to coordinate the response from units on the ground, setup a perimeter, or assist those in harm’s way.

With information about the situation often coming from those inside the building, knowing the exact location of each building, classroom, hallway, and office lets airborne law enforcement pinpoint the threat from above – potentially shaving critical seconds or even minutes off the response to an active-shooter situation.

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Using Churchill Navigation’s Augmented Reality Mapping System (ARS), the WSP aircraft was able to accurately track the driver’s location, even as the motorcycle sped along at extreme speeds. ARS’s augmented reality street and address overlays and accurate real-time speed information, helped provide the information the troopers on the ground needed to apprehend the suspect.

The driver was arrested and booked without incident thanks to the collaboration between the WSP Aviation Unit, communications, and troopers on the ground; as well as assistance from the Everett Police Department.

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Dubbed “SkyMap7” for KABC-TV’s on-air use, ARS seamlessly overlays street and highways labels, businesses, and many more visuals on top of the live video collected by Air7 HD’s onboard broadcast camera. This allows viewers to instantly see where news is taking place. Scenes captured by the helicopter take on a whole new level of relateability and context when viewers can see location and speed information on-screen, in real time.

While Air7 HD has only been flying with ARS/SkyMap7 for a few weeks, the station has already taken advantage of the unparalleled level of viewer immersion offered by the Churchill Navigation system. During recent storm coverage, SkyMap7 was used to show viewers roads impacted by flooding and lane closures. Recent events covered by ARS/SkyMap7 have also included car chases, traffic reports, and coverage of a widespread power outage in Hollywood.
 

A Total ENG Package

ARS/SkyMap7 is not the only piece of the new technology KABC-TV is debuting on Air7 HD. Providing video is the cutting-edge SHOTOVER F1 LIVE camera system with XTREME Vision. XTREME Vision is an industry-first 6500mm zoom focal length, which is over eight times that of conventional systems. The two systems, ARS/SkyMap7 and XTREME Vision, combine to represent a level of ENG capability not seen on any other news helicopter in the county. The news ship is managed by leading flight service company Helinet Aviation, and provides live aerial coverage for the entire Los Angeles region.

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ION has Built-in Flexibility for Range Operations

The ION DVR is equipped with a variety of inputs making it suitable for range operations. These inputs include IRIG-B, HD-SDI, Camera Link, and GigE for video, as well as Ethernet and serial ports for recording telemetry and metadata. For more information, please contact Erin Murphy at (720) 943-4277 or visit our ION product homepage.

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The ION and CameraLink adapter allowed the team to quickly connect and record video and metadata simultaneously from two different types of cameras; a SWIR camera provided by Sensors Unlimited and a visible-light camera. SWIR imagery typically has a higher dynamic range in haze and low-light conditions thanks to its use of longer wavelengths than visible light. The two cameras were mounted side-by-side and the recorded video from each was saved by the ION to USB media for easy cataloging.

Forecasts were monitored daily during the test period. When conditions favored the development of large, supercell thunderstorms, both cameras and ION were transported into the field and deployed in a safe location where video of the cloud bases could be captured. Over the course of the summer, the team managed to capture several hours of visible light and SWIR video of pre-tornadic thunderstorms. SWIR video of cloud bases was compared to video of the cloud bases captured in the visible-wavelength. The visible and SWIR videos were then edited using commercial software and synchronized in time.

Clips from the visible and SWIR cameras were shown to two trained weather spotters with similar experience levels. The spotter’s eye movements were then analyzed using eye-tracking technology. The goal was to examine the spotter’s eye movements as a means of comparing the potential for increased recognition of tornadic cloud bases.

A side-by-side comparison of (a) VIS and (b) SWIR images of the same thunderstorm cloud base near Lebanon, Indiana on 15 June 2016, showing the higher dynamic range and enhanced cloud texture details in the SWIR image.

The research concluded that there is a distinct possibility that SWIR video imagery can be beneficial to storm spotters. In particular it found that, “an ambiguous, non-tornadic cloud base lowering was quickly dismissed by a participant viewing the scene in SWIR, while a participant viewing the same scene in VIS light had a more difficult time determining that the feature was non-tornadic. Because SWIR light is less susceptible to scattering by intervening haze, allowing cloud base features to be more easily discerned.”

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