Research Article

A Low-Cost and Ultralight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Borne Multicamera Imaging System Based on Smartphones

Table 2

Specifications and flight parameters for the two OP systems.

ParametersOur OP systemCommercial OP system
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UAVDJI Phantom 4 ProDJI M600 Pro
Camera typeSmartphone CMOS camera of Nokia N 808 PureViewDigital camera of Sony ILCE-5100
Number of camera lenses55
Focal length (mm)8 for all24 for vertical, 35 for others
Pixel size (μm)2.63.9
Image resolution 5×  (MP)601,200
Weight of aircraft (includes battery) (kg)1.34610.254
Weight of multicamera (kg)0.2961.850
Flight duration (min)1825
Total cost (¥)19,000158,000
Flight altitude ground level (m)38729870134180
Image forward/side overlap (%)85/8085/80
Total number of images6,32068,0006,7003,75055,0003,900
Total effective flight time (min)911,4101014566047
GSD (cm)1.22.33.11.22.33.1