2. Introduction
Flyby is an independent Italian SME company, devoted to innovative technology development and
innovative service deployment in remote sensing.
Interdisciplinary background and expertise in various fields
allow Flyby to face complex challenges in applied research and
to develop innovative solutions that bring a high added value
to the many Institutional and Private customers.
The instruments, products and services developed by Flyby
find their main applications in the following fields:
• Defence & Security
• Space
• Environmental monitoring and protection
• Oil & Gas industries
• Renewable energies
Some application examples are provided in the following
slides.
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4. Role in the project
Definition of requirements and system analysis
4.0
1.1
1
Users and System requirements
1.0
1.3
Human Machine Interface (HMI) definition
0.0
1.5
System architecture
2
3.0
Forest information collection
18.0
2.1
Remote sensing and multispectral analysis
10.0
2.2
UAV data acquisition and processing
3.0
2.3
On-field digital survey systems
3.0
2.4
3D Modelling for harvesting planning
1.0
2.5
Road and Logistic planning
1.0
4
Multi-sensor Model-based quality control of mountain forest production
3
4.1
Data mining and model integration of stand quality indicators from on-field survey
1.0
4.2
Evaluation of near infrared spectroscopy as a tool for determination of log/biomass quality index in mountain forests
1.0
4.3
Evaluation of hyperspectral imaging (HI) for the determination of log/biomass “HI quality index
1.0
4.5
Evaluation of cutting process (CP) for the determination of log/biomass “CP quality index
0.0
Forest information system development
2.0
5.1
5
Database to support novel inventory data content
2.0
5.5
Mid-long term optimization; strategic and tactical planning
1.0
System Integration
3.0
6.1
Definition of the integration steps
0.5
6.2
First Integration – Forest inventory & harvesting systems
1.5
6.4
Third integration -System validation
1.0
Piloting the SLOPE demonstrator
2.0
7.2
Preparation and deployment of demonstrators
0.5
7.3
Trials Recommendations and validation cycle
0.5
7.5
Training
1.0
3.0
8.2
Openness with other activities, dissemination and exploitation of results
Dissemination planning and publications of results
8.4
Exploitation and business planning
1.0
8.5
IPR & licensing policies
1.0
8.6
Contribution to standardisation
0.5
1.5
9.1
Project management
Administrative project management
9.2
Project coordination
0.5
9.3
Project quality control
0.5
6
7
8
9
0.5
0.5
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5. SLOPE
Slope is an opportunity to develop innovative Remote sensing services.
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6. Responsible persons
Dr. Andrea Masini received his Laurea degree in telecommunications engineering and his PhD degree in remote sensing from University of Pisa
in 2004 and 2008, respectively. He is now working as head of the remote sensing department at Flyby S.r.l, Livorno, Italy. His current research
interests concern image processing, in particular environmental monitoring from remotely sensed images, pattern recognition and information
fusion. He has been Project Manager of FISHSAT/ESA, SATOUR /ESA and he has also co-ordinated a number of National funded projects . He is
the author or co-author of more than 20 scientific papers in journals and conferences.
Dr. Emilio Simeone received his Laurea degree in Physics from University of Pisa in 1988 and his PhD degree in Applied Optics from the
University of Florence in 2000. From 1991 to 2000 he has been Head of the Research & Development Department of Kayser Threde group
(Italy). Currently he is the managing Director of Flyby srl. His technical and research activities have been in the area of data processing and
optics design. He has been Project Manager of several international and national projects
Dr. Andrea Bracci received his Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002, his Master's Degree in Automation Engineering in 2004 and
its PhD degree in Automation, Robotics and Bioengineering in 2008 at the University of Pisa. He was a post-doc fellow at the Department of
Mechanical, Nuclear and Production Engineering of the University of Pisa from 2008 to 2011, where he was a researcher and software
developer for optimization of gears for high performance aeronautical applications. At the beginning of 2012 he was a real-time software
developer for aerospace applications in collaboration with Selex Galileo. He is now working with Flyby S.r.l, in the research and development
section for UAV control. His current research concerns cooperative control of multiple UAVs, software development for scientific computation
and real-time applications. He is author or coauthor of more than 10 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and international and
national conferences.
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