Development of a disaster evacuation support system using UAV

Abstract

This paper describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system constructed to patrol river areas and provide evacuation guidance in place of local government officials in the event of a flood. In this system, the unmanned aircraft operates by switching between residual person check and evacuation guidance. In the residual person check, the system detects residual persons using an RGB camera and an infrared camera while flying along the route. For evacuation guidance, the unmanned aircraft tracks the residuals based on the detection results, and supports the evacuation with a speaker. The operation of the constructed system was verified through flight experiments.