UAV-based Inspection of Airplane Exterior Screws with Computer Vision

Julien Miranda, Stanislas Larnier, Ariane Herbulot, Michel Devy

2019

Abstract

We propose a new approach to detect and inspect aircraft exterior screws. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) locating itself in the aircraft frame thanks to lidar technology is able to acquire precise images coming with useful metadata. We use a method based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) to characterize zones of interest (ZOI) and to extract screws from images; methods are proposed to create prior model for matching. Classic matching approaches are used to match the screws from this model with the detected ones, to increase screw recognition accuracy and detect missing screws, giving the system a new ability. Computer vision algorithms are then applied to evaluate the state of each visible screw, and detect missing and loose ones.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Miranda J., Larnier S., Herbulot A. and Devy M. (2019). UAV-based Inspection of Airplane Exterior Screws with Computer Vision. In Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 4: VISAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-354-4, SciTePress, pages 421-427. DOI: 10.5220/0007571304210427

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp19,
author={Julien Miranda and Stanislas Larnier and Ariane Herbulot and Michel Devy},
title={UAV-based Inspection of Airplane Exterior Screws with Computer Vision},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 4: VISAPP},
year={2019},
pages={421-427},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007571304210427},
isbn={978-989-758-354-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 4: VISAPP
TI - UAV-based Inspection of Airplane Exterior Screws with Computer Vision
SN - 978-989-758-354-4
AU - Miranda J.
AU - Larnier S.
AU - Herbulot A.
AU - Devy M.
PY - 2019
SP - 421
EP - 427
DO - 10.5220/0007571304210427
PB - SciTePress