Target Detection On The Sea Surface Using a Quadrotor with a Video Camara

Different types of detectors have been evaluated to find targets on the sea surface by using recorded videos from a fixed camera placed on the beach, but not with mobile cameras, therefore, in this work recorded videos from a quadrotor are analyzed in order to monitor and detect barely discernible objects on the surface of the sea. The Adaptive Subspace Detector (ASD) and the Modified Adaptive Subspace Detector (MASD) based on the Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT) are implemented and compared by video processing varying parameters such as the size of the analysis window, the number of harmonics and processed images. The numerical and experimental tests allow to make recommendations on which detector to use under certain conditions.