I NEED ABSTRACT OF QUADCOPTER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

quadcopter video surveillance abstract


1 Goal
Since as early as 1920, multicopter vehicles have been designed, built, and used to experiment with aerial vehicle designs [1]. The quadrotor or quadcopter design is one example of the many prototypes produced. This particular design uses four identical rotors mounted symmetrically; the result is a very stable flight platform. The goal of this project is to use the stable aerial quadcopter design for practical uses by attaching a live feed camera to a small-scale, remote controlled, quadrotor, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The video received will be transmitted by digital or analog signals. If the captured video is an analog format it must be converted to digital video after transmission. With a digital signal, the video can be easily processed for analysis and storage.

1.1 Summary of goals
 Determine a suitable quadcopter RC UAV design.
 Select a camera system to mount on the quadcopter.
 Determine a method to transmit live video to the controller.
 Design a method to convert video to digital for further processing.

2 Project Overview
The ultimate goal of our project is to create a live aerial video feed which can be processed and stored. This technology can be used for search and rescue, firefighting, law enforcement, military, and news reporting by being able to deploy aerial correspondence much faster than conventional helicopters. The end result of producing a digital video signal will allow for future expansions such as UAV sentience, target tracking and video compression. There are many components to this project and we must decide which areas will developed ourselves and which areas will be implemented with 3rd party products. The three main components of the UAV are the quadcopter/controller system, the video transmission system, and the digital video analysis system.

3 Detailed Project Description

3.1 Budget
We will be required to purchase many of the diverse components necessary to construct the quadcopter. We have established a maximum budget of $1000 to build a financially accessible solution.

These are a different type of quadcopters. Technically they are still RC, which stands for radio controlled, but the purpose for these quadcopters are not really for entertainment, but more for monitoring large areas. These quadcopters which are termed ‘drones’ by some people are different from the recreational and hobbyist rc qaudcopters mainly for one reason. They have High Definition Cameras installed or mounted at the bottom of the quadcopter frame to capture videos and pictures.
I personally don’t think that unmanned aerial vehicle drones (or UAV Drones) are that much different from the toy quadcopters that people play with. The only thing is the camera that goes with the device, which has to be of HD quality. There is really no way that you can capture good quality videos or pictures without going with some type of HD Camera. The ones that the hobbyist quadcopter enthusiasts go with is the GoPro Camera. The Hero 3 by GoPro seems to be really the one that everyone is talking about these days.
I would classify both the Parrot AR and the DJI Phantom both as Surveillance Drones as well because of the type of camera that is embedded with the microprocessors of the drone quadcopters.
I was recently reading an article from Popular Mechanics entitled A Drone For Every Purpose which talked about the 5 most popular and advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and there was two which they showed which got me really interested. They are…
1. The HoverMast Drone by Skysapience – Price: N/A
HoverMast Drone QuadcopterDescription: It seems that this model of surveillance drone has not come into the market yet, but when it does I would guess it would cost around $500 – $1000. It is a tethered quadcopter which rises to be slightly over 150 feet into the air taking just 15 seconds and stays there. From its product page, the following functions are listed below…
Border control
Port security
Federal and local law enforcement
Anti-terror activities
Critical infrastructure protection
Mega event protection and crowd control
Special forces, infantry and naval operations
Urban warfare
Battle information fusion
Note: The picture on the top right is of the HoverMast.
2. The Draganflyer X4-ES by Draganfly Innovations - Price: You need to call in to request a quote
Draganflyer X4-ES DroneProduct Description: This drone seems to have gotten a lot of coverage because the Canadian Authorities used it recent years to actually find a crash victim. This drone is known as a civilian drone and the Canadian survivor rescuers are saying that it is the first incident where a civilian drone saved a person’s life. Like the HoverMast its main intended customer is to federal agencies like the police or to sheriffs but you still can buy it as a civilian. For more information about this model of drone quadcopter, click here to go to the company website.
Of course the DraganFly company makes more than just the X4-ES. They also have 3 other models of surveillance quadcopters that have come out in recent years