Autonomous Utility Vehicle (Auvs) Based Emergency Human Drowning Detection System Using Sonar and Thermal Detection Methods

In this paper, an approach which addresses the problem of drowning has been presented. According to today's world scenario, saving people from drowning should need a serious attention. The objective is to address question, how an engineer system can save the life of drowning people. This paper proposes a prime method to save people, who are drowning. The devised system has the ability to automatically detect drowning people by making use of two main concepts - one is Sonar SOund NAvigation & Ranging detection and the other one is Thermal detection. Both of these detection techniques are used for detection of human body underwater. Thus, the results obtained from individual sensors of both detection techniques illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach in saving the life of humans from drowning underwater. Hence, the proposed approach is a viable solution to devise an innovative, portable, low cost and customizable drowning detection system.