KickView Corporation, based in Greenwood Village, Colo., has secured $147,413, from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate to aid customs processing speed and efficacy efforts.
The scope of work would involve the firm adapting kvSonata, its existing software platform, to perform real-time analysis of queue lengths and wait times in the international customs processing areas of airports.
“KickView’s proposal is to leverage video feeds to perform object detection, tracking, fusion, and analytics customized to the customer need,” Melissa Oh, managing director of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), said. “Preventing bottlenecks in the queues would enhance the speed and efficacy of CBP customs processing in airports.”
KickView officials said the scalable, real-time AI processing framework leverages multiple sensors to provide detailed event and threat alerts while also offering
a dashboard with simple access to both real-time and historical analysis and alerts.
S&T funds innovation and engages with private sector partners to advance homeland security solutions, noting companies participating in SVIP are eligible for up to $800,000 of non-dilutive funding over four phases to develop and adapt commercial technologies for homeland security use cases.
Information on current and future SVIP solicitations can be obtained by visiting the SVIP website or by contacting dhs-silicon-valley@hq.dhs.gov.