Camera selection for unmanned helicopter power line inspection

Author

Dai, Lei ; Qi, Juntong ; Han, Jianda ; Wang, Zhiming ; Ge, Weichun ; Wang, Chenggang ; Liu, Gang ; Xia, Yong ; Du, Ke ; Wang, Ling

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper analyzes the demand of unmanned helicopter power line inspection system, and the detection range of camera is researched in detail. Johnson calculation criteria is used to calculate the suitable CMOS pixel dimensions and the focal length of lens. According to the calculation results, extensive experiments for camera payload were done using the unmanned helicopter. The dimensions of the CMOS camera and the focal length of lens were verified. We chose the suitable camera and lens by the experiments.

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; autonomous aerial vehicles; helicopters; inspection; lenses; power overhead lines; CMOS camera; CMOS pixel dimensions; Johnson calculation criteria; camera payload; camera range detection; lens focal length; power line inspection; unmanned helicopter; Cameras; Helicopters; Inspection; Lenses; Metals; Pins; Power transmission lines; Camera; Power system protection; Unmanned helicopter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tianjin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1221-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2012.6303238

Filename

6303238