A low-cost vision-based unmanned aerial system
for extremely low-light GPS-denied navigation
and thermal imaging
A low-cost vision-based unmanned aerial system
for extremely low-light GPS-denied navigation
and thermal imaging
A Low-Cost Vision-Based Unmanned Aerial System for Extremely Low-Light GPS-Denied Navigation and Thermal Imaging},
abstract = {This paper presents the design and implementation details of a complete unmanned aerial system (UAS) based on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, focusing on safety, security, search and rescue scenarios in GPS-denied environments. In particular, the aerial platform is capable of semi-autonomously navigating through extremely low-light, GPS-denied indoor environments based on onboard sensors only, including a downward-facing optical flow camera. Besides, an additional low-cost payload camera system is developed to stream both infrared video and visible light video to a ground station in real-time, for the purpose of detecting sign of life and hidden humans. The total cost of the complete system is estimated to be $1150, and the effectiveness of the system has been tested and validated in practical scenarios.
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Liu, Chang
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23 October 2015
Liu, Chang
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Liu, Chang and Prior, Stephen
(2015)
A low-cost vision-based unmanned aerial system
for extremely low-light GPS-denied navigation
and thermal imaging.
ICIUS 2015: International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, London, United Kingdom.
23 - 24 Oct 2015.
.
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A Low-Cost Vision-Based Unmanned Aerial System for Extremely Low-Light GPS-Denied Navigation and Thermal Imaging},
abstract = {This paper presents the design and implementation details of a complete unmanned aerial system (UAS) based on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components, focusing on safety, security, search and rescue scenarios in GPS-denied environments. In particular, the aerial platform is capable of semi-autonomously navigating through extremely low-light, GPS-denied indoor environments based on onboard sensors only, including a downward-facing optical flow camera. Besides, an additional low-cost payload camera system is developed to stream both infrared video and visible light video to a ground station in real-time, for the purpose of detecting sign of life and hidden humans. The total cost of the complete system is estimated to be $1150, and the effectiveness of the system has been tested and validated in practical scenarios.
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Published date: 23 October 2015
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ICIUS 2015: International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, London, United Kingdom, 2015-10-23 - 2015-10-24
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