Product Description:

Next-generation fiber optic based ultra sensitive sensing systems for automated perimeter and border security. These patented sensors outperformed industry standard by over 40% in government tests.

The sensors in this system are based on patented fiber bragg grating technology developed at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Specifications:

• Detector type: Ultra sensitive fiber optic based vibration sensors for perimeter and border security and additional applications.
• High Sensitivity: can distinguish between possible intruders and characterize intruders – humans at 75 meters, and light vehicles at 150 – low false alarm rate
• Good signal to noise ratio: 1500 mV/g @ 80 Hz, noise 0.1 mV
• High dynamic range : 90 dB
• High detection capability: Outperforms industry standard by over 40%
• Signal peak frequency range : 20-40 Hz
• Low cost: perimeter security - $150,000 for a distributed seismic sensor network based on a 12 channel system that covers 100 kilometers - cost includes:
  • 12 Sensor heads
  • 3,000m of special fiber cable
  • 2 Broad Band Light Source
  • Control and Instrumentation Unit
  • Installation and testing
• Installation: above  ground or buried in the ground
• Additional Features:
  • Real time recording, multi-channel sensor system
  • Passive, low power consumption
  • Immune to electromagnetic interference
  • Lightweight, small volume
  • Resistant to corrosion and fatigue
  • Easy to multiplex

Markets:

• Perimeter and Border Security and Surveillance
• Oil/Gas exploration
• Underground coal mining
• Transportation infrastructure
• Bridge structural integrity

Technology:

CPS obtains its superior sensor performance through its patent pending technology which enables ultra sensitive optical sensors with superior performance achieved by using:

• Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) – optical devices that detect mechanical strain
• An array of FBG’s, together with its spatial arrangements, provide the improved sensitivity.
• Vibrations caused by movement of people or vehicles will place a strain on FBG causing the light passing through to undergo a shift in wavelength.
• This shift is proportional to the size of the vibration and indicates small frequency changes to accurately determine the cause of the strain – person, vehicle or animal.

Compared to conventional electronic and electromechanical sensors, CPS sensors are faster, more sensitive and have wider bandwidth, while being smaller and lighter. Photonic devices are made of dielectric glass or plastic materials, and therefore, they are electrically passive and immune to electromagnetic fields (EMI & RFI). Because they do not generate heat or sparks, they can be used safely in hazardous environments.

The technology has a diversity of applications which include: sensing systems for perimeter and border security that detect and characterize intruders (can distinguish between human or animal or vehicle); sensors to measure strain in bridges, tunnels, wind generator blades, high-rise buildings and other structures, oil exploration and well monitoring.

History/Status:

CPS, LLC, was formed in July 2005, by the Office of University Research and Enterprise Development, along with the technology inventor, Prof. Hong-Liang Cui. CPS is a Stevens Technogenesis® company. In addition to successfully licensing intellectual property and launching start up companies, Stevens has had several successful liquidity events such as the sale of two of its Technogenesis start ups, Hydroglobe and PlasmaSol, to major corporations.

Select Accomplishments include:

• Patents: One issued, two pending.
• Successful field tests: CPS outperformed existing systems by over 40%, in tests by the U.S. Army at Ft. Dix, NJ and Eglin Air Force Base, FL. Also obtained superior results in testing performed for bridge structural integrity by customers.
• Product: Commercial ready prototype that has been field tested by US federal agencies for perimeter security and on bridges.
• By utilizing multiple networks simultaneously, the probability of total loss of signal is exponentially diminished.

Financing:

Castle Point Scientific is seeking a Series A round for a total of $4M US.

Current investor: Stevens Institute of Technology through Castle Point Holdings; and US Federal Government Funding.

Our highest priorities are to complete product development, to hire key personnel in business and product development, and to establish customer relationships.

Exit Strategy:

CPS’s current exist strategy is an acquisition.

The Perimeter/Border Defense:

The Perimeter/Border Defense Scenario in Figure 1 can be expanded to include additional sensor heads in a daisy chain configuration, for example 12 sensors placed over a 1 km distance, at a distance of 100m apart, would detect a person at 75m and a light vehicle at 150m. Sensor heads can be deployed either on the ground or buried.

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