Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover

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Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover. / Giordano, Alessandro; Zagar, Bernhard; Micic Batka, Vesna et al.
Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances: Proceedings. 2023. p. 94 - 98.

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Giordano, A, Zagar, B, Micic Batka, V & Schachinger, T 2023, Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover. in Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances: Proceedings. pp. 94 - 98, 9th International Conference on Sensors Engineering and Electronics Instrumentation Advances, Funchal (Madeira), Portugal, 20/09/23. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25009.76647

APA

Giordano, A., Zagar, B., Micic Batka, V., & Schachinger, T. (2023). Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover. In Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances: Proceedings (pp. 94 - 98) https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25009.76647

Vancouver

Giordano A, Zagar B, Micic Batka V, Schachinger T. Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover. In Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances: Proceedings. 2023. p. 94 - 98 doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25009.76647

Author

Giordano, Alessandro ; Zagar, Bernhard ; Micic Batka, Vesna et al. / Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover. Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances: Proceedings. 2023. pp. 94 - 98

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title = "Video Stream Processing for an Autonomous Tunnel Drainage Rover",
abstract = "Drainage pipes in tunnels are very complicated to service but still need rather frequent inspections in order todetect the initiation of deposited scales stemming from carbonate that tends to precipitate when the pH-value of the mountainwater rises with the release of gaseous carbon dioxide CO2 due to a decreasing water pressure. Drainages allow to designtunnels without resistance to ground water pressure. We present a camera-based optical sensor, developed for an autonomousoperating tunnel drainage rover, that is able to detect and quantify deposited calcite constricting more or less severely the freecross section the drainage rover needs to safely navigate the pipe. The pipe's cross section is imaged via an area-scan cameraat a frame rate adopted to the rover's speed so that at least every 50 mm of movement a frame is acquired. The presented imageprocessing software is segmenting and classifying each frame into the pipe's wall, the pipe's free lumen, eventually existingwater, and calcite.",
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