Book Title: Imaging and Sensing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Book Editors: Vania V. Estrela, Jude Hemanth, Osamu Saotome

IET Book Series: The IET International Book Series on Sensors
Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology http://www.theiet.org/
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Dear Colleague:

We would like to invite you to join this exciting new project as a chapter contributor on one of the
topics listed below. Since this is a textbook, a great deal of this chapter entails a survey on the
topic under the paradigm of cyber-physical systems, what can be done onboard and remotely,
the distributed nature of the system and some exercises on futurology (anticipating trends can
shed some light on upcoming designs). IET will bring great visibility to your work.

Each chapter should be around 20-25 pages each and can be submitted as a Word or Latex File.
The IET will send you additional info (formatting, permission form, etc.) with the contributor's
agreement once you have decided to contribute to the book.
Visit http://www.theiet.org/resources/author-hub/books/index.cfm to get all contributor’s
information to an IET research-level book. Each book is expected to have a total number
of 500 printed pages (with approximately 550 words per page and a 20% allowance for figures
and tables).

We have included a tentative schedule and list of topics below. If this is something you would
consider, please send us the title of your chapter, a short description/abstract of the chapter
content, and your full contact details. We will expect original content and new insights for this
book. You can, of course, reuse published material but the percentage of material reuse for the
chapter should be less than 40%. The IET will run a piracy software on the full manuscript to
control that you are including original material and will reject chapters who contain a large amount
of already-published material so please do take this into consideration.

We would appreciate your feedback by December 31, 2017. Please do not hesitate to contact us
if you have any queries. We look forward to working with you towards the successful publication.

Dr. Vania V. Estrela https://www.linkedin.com/in/vania-v-estrela-96b9bb29/

Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), RJ, Brazil vania.estrela.phd@ieee.org

Dr. Jude Hemanth https://www.karunya.edu/ece/drjude.html

Karunya University, Coimbatore, India jude_hemanth@rediffmail.com

Dr. Osamu Saotome https://www.linkedin.com/in/osamu-saotome-83935818

CTA-ITA-IEEA, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil osaotome@gmail.com

From the IET: Val Moliere, Senior Commissioning Book Editor, Email: vmoliere@theiet.org. The IET,
Michael Faraday House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage, SG1 2AY, UK

ABOUT THE BOOK: Computer Vision (CV) and Sensors play a decisive role in the operation of
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), but there exists a void when it comes to analysing the extent of their impact
on the entire UAV system. In general, the fact that a UAV is a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) is not taken
into account. In this proposal, we propose to expand on earlier books covering the use of CV and sensing
in UAVs. Among other things, an entirely autonomous UAV can help to (i) obtain information about the
environment, (ii) work for an extended period of time without human interference, (iii) move either all or part
of itself all over its operating location devoid of human help and (iv) stay away from dangerous situations for
people and their possessions. A Vision System (VS) entails the way CV data will be utilized, the appropriate
architecture for total avionics integration, the control interfaces, and the UAV operation. Since the VS core
is its sensors and cameras, multi-sensor fusion, navigation, hazard detection, and ground correlation in real
time are important operational aspects that can benefit from CV knowledge and technology. This book will
aim to collect and shed some light on the existing information on CV software and hardware for UAVs as
well as pinpoint aspects that need additional thinking. It will list standards and a set of prerequisites (or lack
of them thereof) when it comes to CV deployment in UAVs. The issue of data fusion takes a centre place
when the book explores ways to deal with sensor data and images as well as their integration and display.
The best practices to fuse image and sensor information to enhance UAV performance by means of CV can
greatly improve all aspects of the corresponding CPS. The CPS viewpoint can improve the way UAVs
interact with the Internet of Things (IoT), use cloud computing, meet communications requirements,
implement hardware/software paradigms necessary to handle video streaming, incorporate satellite data,
and combine CV with Virtual/Augmented Realities.

VOLUME 1 - CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE: This tome explores how sensors and
computer vision technologies are used in unmanned aerial vehicles for the navigation, control, stability,
reliability, guidance, fault detection, self-maintenance, strategic replanning and reconfiguration of the entire
system. It helps analyse the manner UAVs interact with the Internet of Things (IoT), use cloud computing,
meet communications requirements, implement hardware/software paradigms necessary to handle still
imagery, video streaming, incorporate satellite data, and combine computer vision with virtual/augmented
realities (VR/AR).NB: This is planned to be the companion volume of Estrela, Hemanth, Saotome (Eds) /
Imaging and Sensing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Volume 2 - Deployment and Applications

VOLUME 2 - DEPLOYMENT AND APPLICATIONS: This tome introduces procedures,

standards, and prerequisites for the CV deployment in UAVs from their application point of view. It discusses
existing/desirable open source software tools, image banks, benchmarks, Quality of Experience (QoE),
Quality of Service (QoS) and how CV can benefit from a Robot Operating System (ROS) in surveillance,
remote sensing, inspection, maintenance and repair among other usages, while offering an assessment of
current bottlenecks and trends. It will pave the road towards better studies on the necessity and viability of
implementing collaborative environments for visualization, knowledge management and teleoperation of
UAVs. This is planned to be the companion volume of Estrela, Hemanth, Saotome (Eds) / Imaging and
Sensing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Volume 1 - Control and Performance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Vision in Situation Awareness, Detection and Avoidance Systems for UAVs
2. Vision as an Aid to Fault Detection and Tolerance in UAVs
3. Computer Vision Role in UAV Reconfiguration
4. Vision and Strategic Path Planning/Re-planning for UAVs
5. Sensors and Computer Vision as a Means to Keep a UAV Health
6. The Image Processing Role in Multiple Vehicle Control and UAV Swarms
7. Multi-view Image and ToF Sensor Fusion in UAVs
8. Range Imaging in UAVs
9. Imaging Standards and UAVs
10. Multicast/Broadcast/Streaming in UAV Systems
11. Image-Oriented Estimation and Identification in UAVs
12. Open Source Software in UAVs
13. Robot Operating System (ROS) in UAVs
14. Image-Guided Human-Machine Allocation and Iteration for UAVs

SCHEDULE:
December 31st, 2017: One-Page Chapter Abstract (up to 1000 words) Submission Deadline. Free
style. A proposal must outline one of the topics from the list above
January 31st, 2018: Last Day for Notification of Acceptance
March 31, 2018: Full Chapter Submissions
May 31 2018: Review Chapter Submissions and send comments to authors
June 30, 2018: Receive revised Chapter Submissions
Aug 31, 2018: Notification of Final Acceptance
Sept 30, 2018: Gather all material, figure files and copyrights permission forms
Sept 30, 2018: Book editors to finalize introduction and conclusion chapters
Oct 15th, 2018, Delivery of full manuscript to the IET
Scheduled publication: Feb/March 2019

READERSHIP:
Graduate students and researchers in the fields of Electrical and Computer Eng., Computer Science, Mechanical Eng.,
Civil Eng., Humanitarian Eng., Control Systems, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Instrumentation & Measurement,
Intelligent Transportation Systems, Oceanic Eng., Safety Eng., Reliability, Robotics and Automation, Signal Processing,
Technology and Eng. Management, Environmental Eng., Public Health Management, Non-Invasive Testing/Monitoring
and Vehicular Technology.