Performance of obstacle detection and collision warning system for civil helicopters

Naruto Yonemoto; Kazuo Yamamoto; Kimio Yamada; Hidemi Yasui; Naohiro Tanaka; Claire Migliaccio; Jean-Yves Dauvignac; Christian Pichot

doi:10.1117/12.666693

19 May 2006 Performance of obstacle detection and collision warning system for civil helicopters

Naruto Yonemoto, Kazuo Yamamoto, Kimio Yamada, Hidemi Yasui, Naohiro Tanaka, Claire Migliaccio, Jean-Yves Dauvignac, Christian Pichot

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Proceedings Volume 6226, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2006; 622608 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666693
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Some helicopters strike the power lines under the good weather conditions. Helicopter pilots sometimes have some difficulties to find such long and thin obstacles. We are developing an obstacle detection and collision warning system for civil helicopters in order to solve such problems. A color camera, an Infrared (IR) camera and a Millimeter Wave (MMW) radar are employed as sensors. This paper describes the results of different flight tests that show good enhancement of radar detection over 800m range for power lines. Additionally, we exhibit the processed fusion images that can assist the pilots in order to recognize the danger of the power lines.

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Naruto Yonemoto, Kazuo Yamamoto, Kimio Yamada, Hidemi Yasui, Naohiro Tanaka, Claire Migliaccio, Jean-Yves Dauvignac, and Christian Pichot "Performance of obstacle detection and collision warning system for civil helicopters", Proc. SPIE 6226, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2006, 622608 (19 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.666693

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