UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE FOR MONITORING SOLAR CELL PANEL USING SHAPE OF SOLAR CELL PANEL AND POSTURE CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed are an unmanned air vehicle for monitoring a solar cell panel and a posture control method thereof, wherein the posture of the air vehicle can be controlled accurately to monitor a solar cell panel by analyzing image data using the peculiar shape of the solar cell panel. The unmanned air vehicle for monitoring a solar cell panel, which monitors the defect of the solar cell panel by photographing the solar cell panel from the sky, comprises: a power providing means for providing power for forward/backward, right/left and up/down maneuver of the unmanned air vehicle; a camera for photographing the image of a solar cell panel to be inspected; an image analysis part for detecting a region corresponding to the solar cell to be inspected from the image photographed by the camera; an image determining part for determining whether or not the image photographed by the camera is an image photographed at a position vertically above the center of the solar cell panel to be inspected using the shape of the region corresponding to the solar cell panel; and a control part for moving the unmanned air vehicle by controlling the power providing means until the image determining part determines that the image is an image photographed at a position vertically above the center of the solar cell panel to be inspected.