U.S. DOT FY 2025 Phase I Pre-Solicitation Q&A
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Standards may be referenced for PII handling and application usage for this service development?
Personally Identifiable information (PII) and Public Health information (PHI) are to follow the same protocols as LEA applications.
As part of the LEA marketplace, shall we just reference with good intention the PHI standard or coding practice guidance?
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What type of input data should we consider: similar sensor data or completely disparate data input
Data could be of various formats and levels of information: maintenance records, video inspection reports, financial information, etc. Should we develop a unified approach or should we focus on a similar data type? Also, will a sample data set be provided in Phase I?
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Will this opportunity fund AI and Traffic Managment Technology?
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Will this opportunity fund AI and Traffic Managment Technology?
We are developing Solar Powered AI Traffic Lights, to reduce Energy Use DRAMATICALLY at all Nationwide (worldwide) USA Traffic Intersections and increase driver safety DRAMATICALLY. READY TO INSTALL, just need the orders and additional funding!:)
ROBERT MOORE
JOHNAVATAR.com
Email: JohnAvatar@JohnAvatar.com1 vote -
Locomotive engineer standard PPE
When in the work context, are locomotive engineers assumed to be wearing any particular personal protective equipment, such as helmets, glasses, gloves, etc., that might limit camera and/or physiological sensor access?
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LIDAR phone required?
Must the solution be on a phone that has its own built-in LIDAR unit -- which would limit it to a pretty small number of phone models -- or could it be a small LIDAR unit which could plug into/lock onto multiple existing phones for use, broadening the application at the cost of having a low-cost add-on hardware component?
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Would solutions that do not propose camera-based solutions be considered for this topic?
We have a solution that provides behavioral indicators of fatigue in near-real time but does not include a camera system. Would this alternative solution be considered for this topic?
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Dominant cost factor for predictive Maintenance in public transit
Would it be acceptable to focus on a single 'most costly' component of Zero emission buses used for public transit vehicle for predictive maintenance ?
Dominant cost factor:
The battery is by far the most expensive component, making up a large percentage of the total cost of an electric bus. Maximizing the lifespan of the battery is crucial for the economic viability of electric buses.2 votes -
How can a handheld LiDAR be used to acquire data for multiple tires of freight trucks?
We have an idea how a handheld LiDAR can be used to acquire data for multiple tires of a freight truck.
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Please specify requirements for LiDAR eye safety such as wavelength and peak/average laser power.
The idea is to use four COTS time-of-flight cameras in the LiDAR receiver, combine their 3D output, and process the data using AI algorithms. One COTS camera cannot provide sufficient spatial resolution for a tire scanner looking at vehicle wheels.
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Have you considered a microphone-based solution that analyses fatigue levels from voice in near-real time as a solution as an extension or a
Voice changes caused by increased fatigue can be detected with commercial vocal biomarker technologies. A transportation operator monitoring system built using this technology could help detect fatigue and reduce fatigue-related accidents.
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Can we focus on only one specific type of ground hazards, such as rockfalls, for the application?
Different types of ground hazards may require different technologies. Is this topic intended to address all types of the ground hazards listed in the topic description, including slope failures, washouts, floods, rockfalls, and landslides?
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Can we use more than two units, for example, a mesh network?
Can we use more than two units, for example, a mesh network? Also, is there any licensed spectrum or limitations on available spectrums specifically for this train communications?
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Are there any specific regulations or standards for the tire inspections?
Are there any specific regulations or standards that the proposed LiDAR-based tire inspection system must comply with for commercial use in the transportation industry?
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List of existing tools in use, and potential access before technical content writing?
1) Can you provide current standard set of tools common across most law enforcement agencies that are currently in use ranging from software on the MDT, phone apps, weather sensors, dashcam footage databases?
2) Can we gain access to said tools prior to writing the technical content for the SBIR?
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For this topic will there be a tire dataset provided? If so what would be a rough magnitude estimate of the size of the dataset?
For this topic will there be a tire dataset provided? If so what would be a rough magnitude estimate of the size of the dataset, being 10 gigabytes, 100 gigabytes, or larger?
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