Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9000-7940

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Publication Details

MDPI Dones Journal

https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010021

Abstract

The aim of producing self-driving drones has driven many researchers to automate various drone driving functions, such as take-off, navigation, and landing. However, despite the emergence of delivery as one of the most important uses of autonomous drones, there is still no automatic way to verify the safety of the delivery stage. One of the primary steps in the delivery operation is to ensure that the dropping zone is a safe area on arrival and during the dropping process. This paper proposes an image-processing-based classification approach for the delivery drone dropping process at a predefined destination. It employs live streaming via a single onboard camera and Global Positioning System (GPS) information. A two-stage processing procedure is proposed based on image segmentation and classification. Relevant parameters such as camera parameters, light parameters, dropping zone dimensions, and drone height from the ground are taken into account in the classification. The experimental results indicate that the proposed approach provides a fast method with reliable accuracy based on low-order calculations.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010021

Funder

the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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