Computer vision techniques for forest fire perception

  • Authors:
  • J. R. Martinez-de Dios;B. C. Arrue;A. Ollero;L. Merino;F. Gómez-Rodríguez

  • Affiliations:
  • Dpto Ing. de Sistemas y Automática, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain;Dpto Ing. de Sistemas y Automática, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain;Dpto Ing. de Sistemas y Automática, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain;Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Crta. Utrera, km. 1, 41013 Sevilla, Spain;Dpto Ing. de Sistemas y Automática, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n, 41092 Sevilla, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Image and Vision Computing
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper presents computer vision techniques for forest fire perception involving measurement of forest fire properties (fire front, flame height, flame inclination angle, fire base width) required for the implementation of advanced forest fire-fighting strategies. The system computes a 3D perception model of the fire and could also be used for visualizing the fire evolution in remote computer systems. The presented system integrates the processing of images from visual and infrared cameras. It applies sensor fusion techniques involving also telemetry sensors, and GPS. The paper also includes some results of forest fire experiments.