Development of computer vision-based intelligent control system for drones

基于计算机视觉的无人机智能控制系统开发

• 批准号: 514428-2017
• 负责人: Shi, Yang
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Victoria
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=640417
• 关键词: Development; computer; vision; based; intelligent

AltumView Systems Inc. is a fast-growing company in metro Vancouver, and has assembled a strong R&Dteam of more than 10 people with complementary expertise in image and video coding and processing,computer vision, artificial intelligence, and camera design. AltumView is developing innovative intelligentcamera products and solutions for applications such as machine vision, security and surveillance, intelligenttransportation, etc. AltumView is now aiming at integrating the developed camera system into various dronesystems to enable more meaningful applications. However, the company currently does not have enoughdevelopment expertise in the drone navigation and control areas. In the collaborative project we plan todevelop the computer vision-based intelligent control system for AltumView's drone customers.According to the two identified problems from the company, this project will target at the following two tasksduring the six-month time-frame: (1) To develop the computer vision-based object tracking algorithm for thedrone, and (2) to develop the computer vision-based obstacle avoidance algorithm for the drone. By integratingadvanced control technology with computer vision technology, the drone system can achieve satisfactorycontrol performance with inexpensive vision sensors and even in severe working condition such asGPS-denied, which broaden the range and enhance the performance in commercial or industrial applications.New and strong collaborative relationship will be established through this project. The proposed project wouldfill in the gap between theory and practice; it would provide new, effective and cross-disciplinary technicaltools for control engineers in developing the drone flight control systems; finally, it would benefit thecorresponding industry in Canada. Under the supervision of the applicant and the AltumView mentor (DesignEngineer), two graduate students will receive research training and gain hands-on control system designexperience from this project.

AltumView Systems Inc.是一家位于温哥华的快速发展的公司，拥有超过10人的强大研发团队，在图像和视频编码和处理、计算机视觉、人工智能和摄像头设计方面具有互补的专业知识。AltumView正在为机器视觉、安全和监控、智能交通等应用开发创新的智能相机产品和解决方案，AltumView现在的目标是将开发的相机系统集成到各种无人机系统中，以实现更有意义的应用。然而，该公司目前在无人机导航和控制领域没有足够的开发专业知识。在合作项目中，我们计划为AltumView公司的无人机客户开发基于计算机视觉的智能控制系统，根据AltumView公司提出的两个问题，本项目将在六个月的时间内完成以下两项任务：（1）开发无人机的基于计算机视觉的目标跟踪算法;（2）开发无人机的基于计算机视觉的避障算法。通过将先进的控制技术与计算机视觉技术相结合，无人机系统可以利用廉价的视觉传感器实现精确的控制性能，即使在恶劣的工作条件下，如GPS拒绝，这扩大了范围，提高了在商业或工业应用中的性能。通过这个项目将建立新的和强大的合作关系。该项目将填补理论与实践之间的差距，为控制工程师开发无人机飞行控制系统提供新的、有效的、跨学科的技术工具，最终将使加拿大的相关产业受益。在申请人和AltumView导师（设计工程师）的监督下，两名研究生将接受研究培训，并从该项目中获得实际控制系统设计经验。