Sunny
Sunny
Smart UNmanned aerial vehicle sensor Network for detection of border crossing and illegal entrY
Running
Infos :
Coût total : EUR 14 439 544
Contribution UE : EUR 9 569 977
Dates : 2014-01-01 au 2017-06-30
Description:
The SUNNY project aims to contribute to EUROSUR by defining a new tool for collecting real-time information in operational scenarios.
SUNNY represents a step beyond existing research projects due to the following main features:
•A two-tier intelligent heterogeneous UAV sensor network will be considered in order to provide both large field and focused surveillance capabilities, where the first-tier sensors, carried by medium altitude, long-endurance autonomous UAVs, are used to patrol large border areas to detect suspicious targets and provide global situation awareness. Fed with the information collected by the first-tier sensors, the second-tier sensors will be deployed to provide more focused surveillance capability by tracking the targets and collecting further evidence for more accurate target recognition and threat evaluation. Novel algorithms will be developed to analyse the data collected by the sensors for robust and accurate target identification and event detection;
•Novel sensors and on-board processing generation, integrated on UAV system, will be focus on low weight, low cost, high resolution that can operate under variable conditions such as darkness, snow, and rain. In particular, SUNNY will develop sensors that generate both RGB image, Near Infrared (NIR) image and hyperspectral image and that use radar information to detect, discriminate and track objects of interest inside complex environment, over land and sea. Alloying to couple sensor processing and preliminary detection results (on-board) with local UAV control, leading to innovative active sensing techniques, replacing low level sensor data communication by a higher abstraction level of information communication.
•The exploitation and adaptation of emerging standard wireless technologies and architectures as IEEE 802.11a/g/n, IEEE 802.11p, DVB-T2, Mobile WiMAX, LTE, and Wi-Fi@700MHz will be considered due to their low cost and advantageous features
Consortium:
Coordinator
BMT GROUP LIMITED
UNITED KINGDOM
Participants
INESC PORTO - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DO PORTO
PORTUGAL
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS"
HELLAS
CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI
ITALIA
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
HELLAS
QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
ESPAÑA
XENICS NV
BELGIQUE-BELGIË
MINISTÉRIO DA DEFESA NACIONAL
PORTUGAL
METASENSING BV
NEDERLAND
CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES
HELLAS
SAAB AKTIEBOLAG
SVERIGE
ALTUS LSA COMMERCIAL AND MANUFACTURING SA
HELLAS
SPECIM, SPECTRAL IMAGING OY
SUOMI/FINLAND
TTI NORTE, S.L.
ESPAÑA
ALENIA AERMACCHI SPA
ITALIA
MARLO AS
NORGE
VITROCISET SPA
ITALIA
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