Characterization of a Vision-Based Tool for the Investigation of Geometric Characteristics of Ground-Deposited Volcanic Ash

With the support of public authorities and research institutions, volcanic ash fallout and its impact on the safety of people, infrastructure and services are addressed with the aim of defining protocols and instruments for the reliable and effective handling of related emergencies. Most of the solutions proposed in the literature on ash fallout monitoring suffer from high cost and are demanding in terms of installation and maintenance. The approach suggested in this work is based on the use of a low-cost vision embedded system and a dedicated algorithm which automatically processes acquired frames of ground-deposited volcanic ash in order to estimate the main geometric properties of each particle identified in the work area. A complete characterization of the system is presented, along with a robustness analysis of particle shapes, their orientation and their position in the inspected frame. An accuracy of ±40.2 µm (with a 3σ limit) and a resolution of 32.9 µm (in the worst case), over a framed area of 130 mm by 100 mm, were estimated; these values would fulfill the objectives of the application.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 22(2022), 24 vom: 08. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Andò, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Baglio, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Castorina, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Campisi, Alberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Characterization
Embedded tool
Image processing
Journal Article
Robustness analysis
Vision system
Volcanic ash

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Date Completed 26.12.2022

Date Revised 26.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s22249616

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350715076