The Project ThermalMapper – Thermal 3D Mapping of Indoor Environments for Saving Energy

Borrmann, Dorit; Nüchter, Andreas; Đakulović, Marija; Maurović, Ivan; Petrović, Ivan; Osmanković, Dinko; Velagić, Jasmin

doi:10.3182/20120905-3-hr-2030.00045

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“…The studies are mostly focused on monitoring building power consumption. ThermalMapper [21] is a well-known project which uses a terrestrial laser scanner and thermal infrared camera on a wheel robot. The result from ThermalMapper is a dense 3D point cloud which can be visualized in both RGB and thermal.…”

Section: Thermal Perception For Machinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human-Like Sensing for Robotic Remote Inspection and Analytics

Pal

Dasgupta

Saha

et al. 2016

Wireless Pers Commun

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In this paper we introduce Human-like Sensing or ''5 senses computing'' as a natural futuristic extension of Internet-of-Things. We discuss how 3D optical vision, thermal vision, acoustic profiling, olfaction and tactile sensing can help in remote inspection and analytics solutions. We propose a robot mounted opto-thermal and acoustic sensing system as a possible integrated system to gather such data. We present results of field experiments conducted with the proposed system and show how such systems can provide acceptable solutions for remote inspection and analytics.

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Section: Thermal Perception For Machinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human-Like Sensing for Robotic Remote Inspection and Analytics

Pal

Dasgupta

Saha

et al. 2016

Wireless Pers Commun

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“…2 This method does not require any specialized chessboard with infrared lamp or fitted LEDs. 4 The proposed method involves moving around a heated geometric pattern with square holes cut out in front of a background of uniform temperature. This is used to generate a video sequence in which the locations of the squares can be detected and tracked, and then used to estimate the intrinsic parameters.…”

Section: The Heatwave Systemmentioning

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HeatWave: the next generation of thermography devices

Moghadam

Vidas

2014

SPIE Proceedings

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Energy sustainability is a major challenge of the 21 st century. To reduce environmental impact, changes are required not only on the supply side of the energy chain by introducing renewable energy sources, but also on the demand side by reducing energy usage and improving energy efficiency. Currently, 2D thermal imaging is used for energy auditing, which measures the thermal radiation from the surfaces of objects and represents it as a set of color-mapped images that can be analysed for the purpose of energy efficiency monitoring. A limitation of such a method for energy auditing is that it lacks information on the geometry and location of objects with reference to each other, particularly across separate images. Such a limitation prevents any quantitative analysis to be done, for example, detecting any energy performance changes before and after retrofitting. To address these limitations, we have developed a next generation thermography device called HeatWave. HeatWave is a hand-held 3D thermography device that consists of a thermal camera, a range sensor and color camera, and can be used to generate precise 3D model of objects with augmented temperature and visible information. As an operator holding the device smoothly waves it around the objects of interest, HeatWave can continuously track its own pose in space and integrate new information from the range and thermal and color cameras into a single, and precise 3D multi-modal model. Information from multiple viewpoints can be incorporated together to improve the accuracy, reliability and robustness of the global model. The approach also makes it possible to reduce any systematic errors associated with the estimation of surface temperature from the thermal images.

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“…Researchers have primarily explored technical approaches for automatically transforming thermal images into higher fidelity 3D representations of buildings [17,20,29,31,38] and employing robots for data collection [6,10,13,30,35,41]. However, user studies of these tools have not been performed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For the design probes, we developed five scenarios of automated thermography based on the research literaturee.g., indoor robotic thermography [6,10] and large-scale urban thermography using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) [13,30,35,41]. The scenarios were designed to provoke and ground discussion and critically assess how automated thermography may be used in the future.…”

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Understanding the Role of Thermography in Energy Auditing

Mauriello

Norooz

Froehlich

2015

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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The building sector accounts for 41% of primary energy consumption in the US, contributing an increasing portion of the country's carbon dioxide emissions. With recent sensor improvements and falling costs, auditors are increasingly using thermography-infrared (IR) camerasto detect thermal defects and analyze building efficiency. Research in automated thermography has grown commensurately, aimed at reducing manual labor and improving thermal models. Though promising, we could find no prior work exploring the professional auditor's perspectives of thermography or reactions to emerging automation. To address this gap, we present results from two studies: a semi-structured interview with 10 professional energy auditors, which includes design probes of five automated thermography scenarios, and an observational case study of a residential audit. We report on common perspectives, concerns, and benefits related to thermography and summarize reactions to our automated scenarios. Our findings have implications for thermography tool designers as well as researchers working on automated solutions in robotics, computer science, and engineering.

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The Project ThermalMapper – Thermal 3D Mapping of Indoor Environments for Saving Energy

Cited by 32 publications

References 20 publications

Human-Like Sensing for Robotic Remote Inspection and Analytics

Human-Like Sensing for Robotic Remote Inspection and Analytics

HeatWave: the next generation of thermography devices

Understanding the Role of Thermography in Energy Auditing

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