NDLI: Field experiments for marine casualty detection with autonomous surface vehicles

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Author	Martins, A. Dias, A. Almeida, J. Ferreira, H. Almeida, C. Amaral, G. Machado, D. Sousa, J. Pereira, P. Matos, A. Lobo, V. Silva, E.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: CINAV, Portuguese Navy Res. Center, Almada, Portugal (Lobo, V.) \|\| INESC TEC Inst. for Syst. & Comput. Eng. of Porto, Porto, Portugal (Martins, A.; Dias, A.; Almeida, J.; Ferreira, H.; Almeida, C.; Amaral, G.; Machado, D.; Sousa, J.; Pereira, P.; Matos, A.; Silva, E.)
Abstract	In this paper we present a set of field tests for detection of human in the water with an unmanned surface vehicle using infrared and color cameras. These experiments aimed to contribute in the development of victim target tracking and obstacle avoidance for unmanned surface vehicles operating in marine search and rescue missions. This research is integrated in the work conducted in the European FP7 research project Icarus aiming to develop robotic tools for large scale rescue operations. The tests consisted in the use of the ROAZ unmanned surface vehicle equipped with a precision GPS system for localization and both visible spectrum and IR cameras to detect the target. In the experimental setup, the test human target was deployed in the water wearing a life vest and a diver suit (thus having lower temperature signature in the body except hands and head) and was equipped with a GPS logger. Multiple target approaches were performed in order to test the system with different sun incidence relative angles. The experimental setup, detection method and preliminary results from the field trials performed in the summer of 2013 in Sesimbra, Portugal and in La Spezia, Italy are also presented in this work.
Sponsorship	IEEE Oceanic Eng. Soc.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	2023944
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780933957404
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-09-23
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	MTS
Subject Keyword	Vehicles Cameras Image color analysis Robots Ocean temperature Object detection Sea surface
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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