An implementation of drone-projector: Stabilization of projected image

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Abstract

A drone-projector equipped with a beam projector mounted on a drone has been investigated in order to develop a projector which can overcome restriction of place on which an image is projected. For the stability, the drone-projector requires its mass to be centered, and the additional weights related to projector should be within the payload of the drone. In addition to this requirement, the drone-projector should be designed to minimize the distortion of image caused by 3D translations or rotations of a drone during its hovering due to vibration of propellers, or global positioning system (GPS) errors. In this paper, we consider rotation of a drone-projector which makes the projected image tilted, keystoned, and shifted. To overcome this problem, we propose a software-based stabilization method which pre-corrects the image to be projected based on flight information. Our experimental results show that the distortion of the projected image due to rotations of the proposed drone-projector is attenuated by applying our stabilization method.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbers15
JournalIS and T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology
Volume2020
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 Conference on Mobile Devices and Multimedia: Technologies, Algorithms and Applications, MOBMU 2020 - Burlingame, United States
Duration: 26 Jan 202030 Jan 2020

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