Educational project
Dronedectec
SUPSI Image Focus
The project consisted of developing a system capable of detecting the presence of a drone in the surroundings of a helicopter in flight.
Objective: to provide the necessary indications to the pilot so that, in case of danger, he can avoid a collision.
The student contributed to the project in the context of graduate work by developing an acoustic camera. Working on sound waves (as an alternative to radio waves), he was able to experimentally validate the effectiveness of the hypothesized approach and the system's ability to identify the position of a source, placed in front of the sensor, starting solely from passively received signals and without a priori knowledge of the content of the signals.
Objective: to provide the necessary indications to the pilot so that, in case of danger, he can avoid a collision.
The student contributed to the project in the context of graduate work by developing an acoustic camera. Working on sound waves (as an alternative to radio waves), he was able to experimentally validate the effectiveness of the hypothesized approach and the system's ability to identify the position of a source, placed in front of the sensor, starting solely from passively received signals and without a priori knowledge of the content of the signals.
The prototype developed by the student made it possible to validate the analysis algorithms and the feasibility of real-time monitoring from the monitored area.
Based on the obtained results, the algorithms were consolidated and implemented on FPGA and used for the realization of the radio wave detection system of the DRONEDETECT device.With this diploma work, the student was confronted with technologies related to:
Based on the obtained results, the algorithms were consolidated and implemented on FPGA and used for the realization of the radio wave detection system of the DRONEDETECT device.With this diploma work, the student was confronted with technologies related to:
- to the acquisition of audio signals;
- to digital signal processing in real time;
- to beamforming;
- to digital design and FPGA-based data processing technologies;
- embedded systems;
- image processing;
- to electronic system design.