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A Quantitative Measure for the Evaluation of Drone-based Video Quality on a Target

Authors:
Daniela Doroftei
Geert De Cubber
Hans De Smet

Keywords: video production; quality assessment; drones; unmanned aircraft systems; situational awareness

Abstract:
For the evaluation of drone operators, it is important to assess their capability to produce high-quality video of a certain object. However, traditional video quality assessment methodologies are in general more geared towards video compression and thus focus on the correct image representation, and not on the real content of the produced data. In this paper, we therefore propose a methodology to define a video quality metric, specifically geared towards drone operations. Using this quantitative measure as a baseline, we also propose a methodology which proposes optimal drone trajectories for obtaining a maximum amount of qualitative video data about a given object or target in a minimum amount of time. The proposed methodologies are validated within a virtual pilot training environment.

Pages: 19 to 24

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: May 22, 2022

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3913

ISBN: 978-1-61208-966-9

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from May 22, 2022 to May 26, 2022