Human Distance Estimation using Quadcopter for Surveillance Purpose
Ahmad Zaki Shukor1, Khaw Huai Jian2, Fariz Ali@Ibrahim3, Mohd Shahrieel Mohd Aras4, Muhammad Herman Jamaluddin5
1Ahmad Zaki Shukor, Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Melaka, Malaysia.
2Khaw Huai Jian, Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Melaka, Malaysia.
3Fariz Ali, Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Melaka, Malaysia.
4Mohd Shahrieel Mohd Aras, Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Melaka, Malaysia.
5Muhammad Herman Jamaluddin, Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Melaka, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 09 December 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 23 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 31 December 2019 | PP: 483-488 | Volume-8 Issue-12S2 October 2019 | Retrieval Number: L109210812S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.L1092.10812S219
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Abstract: Nowadays, quadcopters are commonly used. Quadcopters are unmanned aerial vehicles with four propellers to provide lift to fly and hover above ground. Quadcopter nowadays is a very common commercial item in everyday life. Some quadcopters are designed to do 3D or 2D mapping of a certain area or to take videos or just for entertainment purposes. Quadcopter is a very versatile item and is able to change into anything for example a quadcopter can also be used for security purposes to decrease the crime rate of our country. The objective of this study is to design and develop a quadcopter with image processing system to have the ability to measure the distance of a human from the drone itself. The quadcopter is designed to be small in size and have a mini computer like Raspberry Pi on top of it to compute the algorithm to calculate the distance of the human by using image processing technique through the camera which is setup on the drone. Human detecting algorithm YOLO and software Open CV is chosen to detect human and calculate the distance from the quadcopter. The results show that the system is quite limited by the capabilities of the hardware. The system shows an accuracy of more than 90 percent when the human is standing within a certain range. Both the accuracy of the distance sensing and human recognizing system is affected by the limitation of the hardware.
Keywords: Human Distance Estimation, Quadcopter, Surveillance, YOLO Algorithm.
Scope of the Article: Human Computer Interactions