rpaDataMap = UASA II = Mapping multisensor data from Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas)
Not Energy Related

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Project Contact
Barnard Microsystems Limited

Smart - Proof of Concept

Innovate UK

01 February 2015

31 January 2016

12 months

£98,717

London

Competition Call: 1407_SmartRd3_PoC - Not Available. Activity Proof of Concept Rnd 4

Project Contact, Barnard Microsystems Limited

We are developing Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) for use throughout the world in scientific, commercial (oil and mineral exploration and oil pipeline monitoring) and state (border patrol and the management of disaster relief efforts) applications. The aim of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of software using 3D computer game technology to process, integrate and display a stream of multi-sensor data from RPA in real time: high-resolution (6kp x 4kp) digital and video (4K) cameras thermal imaging (640p x 480p) camera scanning LIDAR rangefinder electromagnetic imaging sensor, capable of imaging through foliage and beneath the surface of the Earth 3 axis precision magnetometer This 12 month Proof of Concept ( PoC ) project is a follow on from our UASA Proof of Market Project 700280, in which we confirmed the market for electromagnetic imaging from a RPA. In this "Big Data" application, the software will process data from sensors on airborne platforms, to automatically generate and update a 3D view of the terrain. The software will have Internet connectivity to enable the evolving 3D representation to be viewed in the same way as players in an online computer game monitor developments. To increase the market size, this software could also be used as 3D CAD software. One could create an object using a standard 3D CAD approach, such as extrusion of a 2D design, to create other objects. As players do in an online computer game, people could work together, from home, on the 3D design. The economic benefits will stem from the provision of managed services to the oil, gas and mineral exploration companies and from the sale of copies of the software for use in both civilian and in military applications. Societal benefits include contributing to environmental protection by the early detection of oil leaks using fuel-efficient RPA and furthering the search for natural resources.

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