Thermal Imaging Platform for Drones: Cost-effective localization of forest fires
2019 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
A device for identifying forest fires in an early stage has been developed during the course of this project. Attached to a drone, this prototype will provide a live-stream to a web server displaying a blended frame, made of a thermographic image showing thermal radiation and a regular photography with the visible light. The platform consists of a small single-boarded computer, a thermal camera sensor and a regular camera module. All powered by a power bank and fitted into a custom made 3D printed plastic case. At startup the computer automatically executes scripts written in Python, initializing its sensor components and processes the captured images which finally gets transmitted to a live-stream via a web server connection. Everything described above worked well, but originally the intent was for the web interface to provide a map with the current location coordinates of the drone. Since a module for mobile communication with support for GPS was not acquired, any implementation of such kind was impossible. However, several drone models already possess the feature to obtain such coordinates.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 22
Series
TVE-F ; 19022
Keywords [en]
Thermal, thermal camera, forest fire, forest fires, fire, fires, raspberry pi, drones, drone
National Category
Embedded Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-385834OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-385834DiVA, id: diva2:1326061
Educational program
Master Programme in Engineering Physics
Supervisors
Examiners
2019-08-092019-06-172019-08-09Bibliographically approved