DRT 485 · 3(2-3-5) · Year/term 4/2

Thermal Imaging Technology for Search and Rescue

เทคโนโลยีภาพถ่ายความร้อนเพื่อการค้นหาและช่วยเหลือ

Progress

Notional hours: 150 h (online/self-study 75 · in class/lab 75)

Course description

Physics of infrared radiation and thermal imaging; emissivity and reflection; UAS thermal cameras and settings; interpreting thermal imagery in day and night searches; limitations and interference; AI with thermal imagery; wildfire case studies.

Thai description

หลักฟิสิกส์ของรังสีอินฟราเรดและภาพถ่ายความร้อน สภาพการแผ่รังสีและการสะท้อน กล้องความร้อนบนอากาศยานไร้คนขับและการตั้งค่า การตีความภาพความร้อนในภารกิจค้นหาในเวลากลางวันและกลางคืน ข้อจำกัดและปัจจัยรบกวน การใช้ปัญญาประดิษฐ์ร่วมกับภาพความร้อน และกรณีศึกษาไฟป่า

Description source: New draft for the curriculum committee

Course learning outcomes (CLO)

CLO	Outcome	PLO
CLO1	Explain the physics of thermal imaging	PLO1
CLO2	Configure and interpret thermal imagery in search	PLO4PLO5
CLO3	Identify thermal imaging limitations and interference	PLO4

Learning modules

1Infrared radiation principles
Weeks 1–3 · 30 h1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

Principles of thermal imagingIn development

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

Open module

2Drone thermal cameras
Weeks 4–6 · 30 h1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

EO/IR cameras and gimbalsIn development

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

Open module

3Interpreting thermal images
Weeks 7–9 · 30 h3 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

Open module

4AI and thermal imagery
Weeks 10–12 · 30 h1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

AI for screening imagery and damageTH

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

Open module

5Wildfires and case studies
Weeks 13–15 · 30 h1 KU

Online (before class) · 15 h

Study the assigned knowledge units in advance, review media and take the module quiz

Wildfires and fires: thermal imagery and coordinationTH

In class / field · 15 h

Lab or field practice from worksheets with a safety checklist

Learning evidence: Checked worksheets and quiz results

Open module

Assessment (draft)

Labs and worksheets	35%
Module quizzes	10%
Midterm examination	20%
Mini-project or practical exam	35%

Knowledge domain

D04 Sensors and embedded systems D11 Artificial intelligence and computer vision D13 Surveying, mapping and geoinformatics D14 Inspection, industry and surveillance D16 Public safety and disasters

Key references

Vollmer, M., & Möllmann, K.-P. (2017). Infrared thermal imaging: Fundamentals, research and applications (2nd ed.). Wiley-VCH.
INSARAG. (2020). INSARAG guidelines. United Nations OCHA. link