Human Body Detection and Geolocalization for UAV Search and Rescue Missions Using Color and Thermal Imagery
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- 1 March 2008
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference
- No. 1095323X,p. 1-8
Abstract
Recent advances in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) make flying robots suitable platforms for carrying sensors and computer systems capable of performing advanced tasks. This paper presents a technique which allows detecting humans at a high frame rate on standard hardware onboard an autonomous UAV in a real-world outdoor environment using thermal and color imagery. Detected human positions are geolocated and a map of points of interest is built. Such a saliency map can, for example, be used to plan medical supply delivery during a disaster relief effort. The technique has been implemented and tested on-board the UAVTech1 autonomous unmanned helicopter platform as a part of a complete autonomous mission. The results of flight- tests are presented and performance and limitations of the technique are discussed.Keywords
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