Title :
Collaborative data-exchange architecture for crisis management using an UAV as a mobile sensor platform
Author :
Bahnik, Pavol ; Gerke, Michael ; Masar, Ivan ; Jelenciak, Frantisek ; Beyer, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Inf., Control Syst. Eng. Group, FernUniv. in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Abstract :
One of the key challenges during a disaster is that the activity of rescue and relief has to be well-coordinated. For this reason there is a need for a complex system that will provide facilities for acquisition, exchanging and sharing of immediate information to obtain a better overview of current situation and interactively improve the coordination of the rescue team. his article presents our approach to specific integration of various data sources and information sharing based on collaborative exchange of actual geo-located information, commands or measured data between the stationary or mobile sensor platforms and rescue workers. A role of our unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, used as a valuable source of actual data for crisis management during a forest fire combat, will be demonstrated.
Keywords :
aircraft communication; autonomous aerial vehicles; data acquisition; data integration; disasters; electronic data interchange; emergency management; fires; mobile robots; sensors; service robots; UAV system; collaborative data-exchange architecture; complex system; crisis management; data sources integration; disaster; forest fire combat; geolocated information; information acquisition; information exchange; information sharing; mobile sensor platform; rescue and relief activity; rescue team coordination; rescue worker; unmanned aerial vehicle; Process control; UAV; data-exchange; disaster management; sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Process Control (PC), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Strbske Pleso
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0926-1
DOI :
10.1109/PC.2013.6581438