SUSB Expo Presenter Sean Varah

1. varah@motiondsp.com

2. Who We Are
– Silicon Valley-based software company
making real-time video processing
software
– Founded 2005, angel financed
– Consumer focus at start, then law
enforcement and DoD
What We Do
– Our products improve video quality, and
analyze video content in real-time
The Opportunity
– Massive, rapidly growing market for live,
aerial video in military and commercial
markets (ISR)
Image from “Zero Dark Thirty” from Sony Pictures

3. “The U.S. military is increasingly using unmanned
aircraft systems like these in its operations. That
means big money for the companies that make them.”
$3.75B $7.5B
$11B
Worldwide drone market In Billions
2007 2013 2022
Projected

4. “The U.S. and France are moving to create an intelligence hub
in Niger that could include a base, near Mali's border, for
American drones that could monitor al Qaeda-linked
militants in Mali's vast desert north, U.S. officials said.”

5. Clip 1-2: Super-resolution, lighting correction, stabilization = haze removal
Clip 3: Everything above + Video Analytics

6. I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
What is ISR?
Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
Today: REAPER
Finding, Fixing Tracking …
Targeting, Engaging , Assessing...
WWI: Recon
Balloon
WWII: Lockheed “Recce” P-38
Korea: N. American RB-45J
Vietnam: RF-101 Voodoo
Vietnam: RF-4C
Cold War: SR-71
Cold War: Space Today: GLOBAL HAWK
WWI : Verdun, FR
WWII : Berlin, GE Korea: Seoul
Vietnam
Desert Storm Iraqi Freedom: Zarqawi
6

7. In all locations, MotionDSP software improves video quality,
and analyzes the activity in the video in real-time
Ground Stations
Video Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination
(FMV analysis Sites)
$9B ISR/Full Motion Video Market*$18B Airborne ISR Market*
Unmanned Aircraft Manned Aircraft
*Source: VisionGain

8. Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines, Special Ops, and 16 Intelligence Agencies
have their own sites = very large opportunity

9. Current focus US Government
International markets growing
Commercial/Civilian
– Disaster relief, search and rescue
– Public safety (law enforcement)
– Commercial ISR: oil and gas, power infrastructure,
agriculture, forestry
– Commercial security: commercial surveillance, loss
control, fraud prevention

10. Commercial opportunities are coming
DoD is worth considering in the meantime
I’ve been where you are – happy to provide advice
Come find us at the reception
More info:
Sean Varah
CEO, MotionDSP Inc.
varah@motiondsp.com
http://www.motiondsp.com
http://www.twitter.com/motiondsp