FPGA-Based Real-Time Moving Target Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Application

Moving target detection is the most common task for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to find and track object of interest from a bird’s eye view in mobile aerial surveillance for civilian applications such as search and rescue operation. The complex detection algorithm can be implemented in a real-time...

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Main Authors: Jia Wei Tang, Nasir Shaikh-Husin, Usman Ullah Sheikh, M. N. Marsono
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8457908
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Nasir Shaikh-Husin
Usman Ullah Sheikh
M. N. Marsono
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description Moving target detection is the most common task for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to find and track object of interest from a bird’s eye view in mobile aerial surveillance for civilian applications such as search and rescue operation. The complex detection algorithm can be implemented in a real-time embedded system using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). This paper presents the development of real-time moving target detection System-on-Chip (SoC) using FPGA for deployment on a UAV. The detection algorithm utilizes area-based image registration technique which includes motion estimation and object segmentation processes. The moving target detection system has been prototyped on a low-cost Terasic DE2-115 board mounted with TRDB-D5M camera. The system consists of Nios II processor and stream-oriented dedicated hardware accelerators running at 100 MHz clock rate, achieving 30-frame per second processing speed for 640 × 480 pixels’ resolution greyscale videos.
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spelling doaj-art-ed29662f7515400cbc2d5a7e8df04c982025-08-20T02:22:06ZengWileyInternational Journal of Reconfigurable Computing1687-71951687-72092016-01-01201610.1155/2016/84579088457908FPGA-Based Real-Time Moving Target Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ApplicationJia Wei Tang0Nasir Shaikh-Husin1Usman Ullah Sheikh2M. N. Marsono3Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Skudai, Johor Bahru, MalaysiaMoving target detection is the most common task for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to find and track object of interest from a bird’s eye view in mobile aerial surveillance for civilian applications such as search and rescue operation. The complex detection algorithm can be implemented in a real-time embedded system using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). This paper presents the development of real-time moving target detection System-on-Chip (SoC) using FPGA for deployment on a UAV. The detection algorithm utilizes area-based image registration technique which includes motion estimation and object segmentation processes. The moving target detection system has been prototyped on a low-cost Terasic DE2-115 board mounted with TRDB-D5M camera. The system consists of Nios II processor and stream-oriented dedicated hardware accelerators running at 100 MHz clock rate, achieving 30-frame per second processing speed for 640 × 480 pixels’ resolution greyscale videos.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8457908
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FPGA-Based Real-Time Moving Target Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Application
International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing
title FPGA-Based Real-Time Moving Target Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Application
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title_fullStr FPGA-Based Real-Time Moving Target Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Application
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title_short FPGA-Based Real-Time Moving Target Detection System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Application
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url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8457908
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