LED Panel Detection and Pattern Discrimination Using UAV’s On-Board Camera for Autoflight Control

Hiroyuki Ukida; Masafumi Miwa

doi:10.20965/jrm.2016.p0295

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JRM Vol.28 No.3 pp. 295-303

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2016.p0295

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LED Panel Detection and Pattern Discrimination Using UAV’s On-Board Camera for Autoflight Control

Hiroyuki Ukida and Masafumi Miwa

Tokushima University
2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan

Received:

August 28, 2015

Accepted:

February 10, 2016

Published:

June 20, 2016

Keywords:

UAV, LED panel, auto flight control, pattern discrimination, Fourier transformation

Abstract

The UAV flight control method we propose uses LED panels and a video camera on the UAV. Specifically, the LED panel displays patterns related to the UAV commands and blinking patterns for panel detection. A panel detection process based in UAV video camera images uses the frequency of green blinking as a cue for panel detection, then command patterns are distinguished and the UAV performs tasks based on this pattern (command). In experiments we performed for panel detection and discrimination using the UAV, we confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method for autoflight control.

UAV autoflight control system using LED panels

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H. Ukida and M. Miwa, “LED Panel Detection and Pattern Discrimination Using UAV’s On-Board Camera for Autoflight Control,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.28 No.3, pp. 295-303, 2016.

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[1] [1] M. Nakagawa, “Visible Light Communications,” ITEJ, Vol.60, No.12, pp. 1908-1913, 2006.

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[9] [9] R. Jain, R. Kasturi and B. G. Schunck, “Machine Vision,” MIT Press, 1995.