Presenting the projects were Mr. Waqar Shahid, a doctoral student, and
Dr. Mongkol Ekpanyapong, Assistant Professor of Microelectronics and
Embedded Systems of AIT’s School of Engineering and Technology (SET).
The two projects include the fire detection system called “Quick Blaze”
and a human motion detection system, both of which being developed at
the Vision Graphics Lab of AIT under the supervision of Dr. Matthew N.
Dailey and Dr. Mongkol, both of AIT’s SET.
The “Quick Blaze” system is a real-time detection system which can
detect flames and fires within 30 seconds. “The system can be installed
on any Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV), and is easily replicable,”
Waqar reveals. The only condition being that the area is restricted and
color CCTV cameras are being used.
The human motion detection system also works in real-time, and it can
record frames from any movement or activity within a restricted area.
Being developed at AIT, this project was demonstrated live at the
military camp. According to Dr. Mongkol, the human motion detection
system demonstrates a better response time compared to available
commercial vision-based detection systems.
Among the visitors to the AIT projects at the King Narai Military Camp
were Major General Thanasak Kengthanomma; Lt. Col. Peerayut Srisupan;
and Ms. Orapannee Yuan of National Science and Technology Development
Agency (NSTDA). Lt. Col. Peerayut had visited AIT earlier where he was
witness to a live demonstration of the “Quick Blaze” project.
From left: Mr. Waqar Shahid., Dr. Mongkol
Ekpanyapong, Lt. Col. Peerayut Srisupan, Major General Thanasak
Kengthanomma, and Ms. Orapannee Yuan.