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INTELLIGENT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
Intelligent video monitoring is another area Saab Ventures is investing in, with
an emphasis on the security and traffic monitoring markets. In spring 2010,
Saab purchased the remaining shares in video analysis specialist Opax AS,
whose employees and technology were transferred to the Dynamics business
area last autumn. Opax is still a small company, but with a strong product
portfolio and a world-class technical expertise. It is developing an intelligent
video analysis system that secures critical infrastructure through reliable
perimeter surveillance. Opax’s technology originated from military applica-
tions and is being used in demanding outdoor environments around the
world. In 2009, Opax received the best CCTV product of the year award by
the trade journal Detektor International in connection with the prestigious
Detektor International Awards ceremony in Stockholm.
In 2011, the focus will remain on commercialising the technology.
The technology in Rapid 3D Mapping is based on Saab’s more than 40 years
of experience in image processing for target seekers and expertise in naviga-
tion systems. Through its close co-operation with business area Dynamics
involving other image processing companies, Saab Ventures created an early
version of the technology and in 2008 formed C3 Technologies (C3). C3 is a
subsidiary of Saab, which in turn licenses the capability to C3 for applications
in the civil market.
C3 focuses on consumer markets and quickly proved successful with Internet
yellow pages such as hitta.se, Eniro.se, Finns.no, Yell.com.
C3 has quickly transformed the technology based on actual customer
requirements. In early 2010, a new business development team with a
focus on military applications, R3DM, was established.
Mapping is done with a technology which generates detailed, realistic 3-D
models from aerial photographs. Each pixel of every 3-D model contains
geographically accurate information in terms of longitude, latitude and height.
The models are then stored in a geographical database, which is easy to
access and use. All data are metrically correct, which means that the user
receives immediate information and can, for example, measure distances
directly in an updated map with the help of the graphic user interface.
The technology is disruptive compared with current options and has excel-
lent market potential. Today’s market for commercial 2-D maps is valued in
the range of SEK 10 billion annually.
In autumn 2010, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) ordered
3-D maps, which demonstrates that Saab’s Rapid 3D Mapping meets the
operational needs of defence authorities today and in the future.
Today over 100 cities around the world and large military areas of interest
have been mapped using the technology.
By year-end 2010, C3 and R3DM together had received orders of about
MSEK 200.
For more information, see pages 20 and 23.
SWEDISH DEFENCE FORCES USE SAAB’S THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPS ON
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
SAAB ANNUAL REPORT 2010 31
SAAB’S NEW TECHNOLOGIES