Complex Media Sensing

Objective

Develop a research-stage physiological sensing module and software stack that can support cross-species field monitoring where fur, motion, moisture, clothing, anatomy, and operational conditions limit conventional optical and contact-based sensing.

Operational Problem

Military working dog handlers and medics may need separate human and canine monitoring equipment. CMS addresses the technical gap between clinic-friendly monitoring and low-burden field monitoring for mobile, fur-covered, or clothed subjects.

Proposed Product

• 60 GHz pulsed coherent radar micro-motion sensing
• IMU motion context
• Environmental sensing inputs
• Edge DSP and confidence scoring
• Canine and human form-factor adaptation
• Telemetry and dashboard workflow

Phase I Approach

• Mechanical motion phantom
• Fur and media analog layers
• Moisture and dielectric variation
• Motion artifact injection
• Signal model and go/no-go boundaries
• COTS and state-of-the-art comparison

Differentiator

CMS focuses on a shared sensing architecture for canine and human use, non-optical operation, motion-aware confidence scoring, and patent-pending multimodal monitoring technology areas.

Transition Path

• Phase II prototype development and approved preclinical or operational validation
• Regulatory pathway assessment for animal-only and human-use claims
• DoD, veterinary, working dog, search and rescue, law enforcement K9, and selected human monitoring markets