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Sensors Fusion Approach Using UAVs and Body Sensors

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Current technological progress allows the implementation of an innovative solution that would aid the work of emergency first responder personnel. However, managing crisis situations is highly dependable on the situational awareness factors. Therefore, this paper proposes a conceptual model of a crisis management platform which integrates several technologies such as UAVs, heat cameras, toxicity sensors, and also body wearable sensors, which are capable of aggregating all the information from the above-mentioned devices. By using the proposed innovative platform, we analyze how a decrease of tragical events within the emergency sites can be achieved.

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This work has been supported in part by UEFISCDI Romania through projects 3DSafeguard, WINS@HI and ESTABLISH, and funded in part by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 777996 (SealedGRID project).

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Suciu, G. et al. (2018). Sensors Fusion Approach Using UAVs and Body Sensors. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Trends and Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'18 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 747. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77700-9_15

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