Optimization of the UAV flight altitude selection and stereo camera pair indicators to reduce the smudge of the generated remote sensing images

Optimization of the UAV flight altitude selection and stereo camera pair indicators to reduce the smudge of the generated remote sensing images

Gunel V. Alieva
PhD in Technical Sciences, National Aerocosmic Agency (NАSА), Assistant Professor, 1, ul. Akhundova Sulejmana Sani, Baku, AZ1115, Azerbaijan Republic, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Omar A. Huseynov
NАSА, Doctoral Student, 1, ul. Akhundova Sulejmana Sani, Baku, AZ1115, Azerbaijan Republic

Received January 13, 2025

Abstract
The article is devoted to the issues of determining the flight altitude of a reconnaissance UAV, taking into account the appearance of smudge in the images generated by the stereo pair. Two optimization problems have been formed and solved: (1) determining the optimal dependence of altitude on flight speed at which the total image size reaches a minimum; (2) determination of the optimal dependence of the operating indicator b on the height at which the average integral value of the lubricant reaches a minimum. These tasks were solved using the method of unconditional variational optimization. The conditions under which the total image size reaches a minimum are investigated. The optimal operating ratios have been determined, under which it is possible to improve the qualitative and quantitative indicators of UAV-based search and detection systems.

Key words
UAV, stereo camera, image blurring, remote sensing, optimization.

Bibliographic description
Alieva, G.V. and Huseynov, O.A. (2025), "Optimization of the UAV flight altitude selection and stereo camera pair indicators to reduce the smudge of the generated remote sensing images", Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 129-134, EDN: PQDHVP. (in Russian).

EDN
PQDHVP

UDC identifier
623.746-519:528.8:004.932

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