A debugging method of the Quadrotor UAV based on infrared thermal imaging

Guangjie Cui; Qian Hao; Jianguo Yang; Lizhi Chen; Hongkang Hu; Lijun Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2295584

12 January 2018 A debugging method of the Quadrotor UAV based on infrared thermal imaging

Guangjie Cui, Qian Hao, Jianguo Yang, Lizhi Chen, Hongkang Hu, Lijun Zhang

Proceedings Volume 10623, 2017 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: IRMMW-THz Technologies and Applications; 1062305 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2295584
Event: International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology 2017, 2017, Beijing, China

Abstract

High-performance UAV has been popular and in great need in recent years. The paper introduces a new method in debugging Quadrotor UAVs. Based on the infrared thermal technology and heat transfer theory, a UAV is under debugging above a hot-wire grid which is composed of 14 heated nichrome wires. And the air flow propelled by the rotating rotors has an influence on the temperature distribution of the hot-wire grid. An infrared thermal imager below observes the distribution and gets thermal images of the hot-wire grid. With the assistance of mathematic model and some experiments, the paper discusses the relationship between thermal images and the speed of rotors. By means of getting debugged UAVs into test, the standard information and thermal images can be acquired. The paper demonstrates that comparing to the standard thermal images, a UAV being debugging in the same test can draw some critical data directly or after interpolation. The results are shown in the paper and the advantages are discussed.

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Guangjie Cui, Qian Hao, Jianguo Yang, Lizhi Chen, Hongkang Hu, and Lijun Zhang "A debugging method of the Quadrotor UAV based on infrared thermal imaging", Proc. SPIE 10623, 2017 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: IRMMW-THz Technologies and Applications, 1062305 (12 January 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2295584

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