Drone orientation detection at a distance of 50 m using a SPAD array camera

Stirling Scholes; Alice Ruget; German M. Martin; Feng Zhu; Istvan Gyongy; Robert K. Henderson; Jonathan Leach

doi:10.1364/ISA.2021.ITu6B.4

Drone orientation detection at a distance of 50 m using a SPAD array camera

Stirling Scholes, Alice Ruget, German M. Martin, Feng Zhu, Istvan Gyongy, Robert K. Henderson, Jonathan Leach^*

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We present the classification of a quadcopter’s heading in flight at ranges in excess of 50 metres using a single-photon avalanche detector (SPAD) based time-of-flight system in conjunction with a convolutional neural network (CNN).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Imaging Systems and Applications 2021
Publisher	OPTICA Publishing Group
ISBN (Electronic)	9781943580897
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/ISA.2021.ITu6B.4
Publication status	Published - 19 Jul 2021
Event	Imaging Systems and Applications 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 19 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021

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Conference	Imaging Systems and Applications 2021
Abbreviated title	ISA 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	19/07/21 → 23/07/21

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

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