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http://dx.doi.org/10.14372/IEMEK.2019.14.3.157

Development of a Pixel-based Area Measurement Program Using Drone and Camera Module  

Kim, Jung Hwan (Semyung University)
Kim, Shik (Semyung University)
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IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications / v.14, no.3, 2019 , pp. 157-163 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the drone industry has grown greatly in recent years, drones are being used or developed in many industrial fields such as image shooting, pesticide application, delivery service, food delivery etc. In this paper, therefore, we developed a program that takes a user's desired area at a certain height using a camera-equipped drone and obtains the area of the zone the user wants through image processing. The first user selects an area or a path. Afterwards, the drone flies and takes pictures, and then measures the user's needs. A digital image taken at a constant height and with the same resolution is composed of pixels, the area can be calculated easily if we know the number of pixels in the zone the user wants. Particularly, it is easy to calculate the area of various shaped zones, not terrain shapes such as triangles and squares. In addition, the total area of specific places of the entire zone can be calculated. With the program of this paper, anyone can easily calculate the area of the place the user wants using a drone rather than calculating the area through difficult formulas or specialized equipment.
Keywords
Drone; Image processing; Autonomous flight; Area measurement; Pixel;
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