The application of the UAV for the search and rescue mission is actively investigated recently. The purpose of the search mission is to detect the victim quickly. Initial research for this area is to examine the lost zone with fixed pattern. However, ...
The application of the UAV for the search and rescue mission is actively investigated recently. The purpose of the search mission is to detect the victim quickly. Initial research for this area is to examine the lost zone with fixed pattern. However, the performance of this approach depends on the initial point and the search pattern. To solve this problem, the probabilistic search approach is studied widely instead of using fixed pattern. This paper is related to the UAV search algorithm based on the probabilistic theory for the support of the search and rescue mission. Mutual information is used as a information measure to search the victim and a search and track simulator is developed to track the victim continuously until the rescue team arrives.