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The Obtrusive Light Measurement with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

ŠKODA, J.; MOTYČKA, M.; BAXANT, P.; NOVÁK, F.

Original Title

The Obtrusive Light Measurement with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

English Title

The Obtrusive Light Measurement with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Type

Paper in proceedings outside WoS and Scopus

Original Abstract

This paper is dedicated to inform a reader about the new research about the reconstruction of luminous intensity distribution of illuminated buildings or large outdoor objects that significantly contribute to disturbing light at night. The obtrusive light is highly discussed topic recently. However, there is lack of measuring equipment capable of characterising the contribution of individual illuminated objects to total obtrusive light. The proposed method uses unmanned aerial device with calibrated luminance camera to remotely and autonomously collect the luminance data around the object. With sufficient number of luminance images from different viewing positions and accurate GPS coordinates it is possible to indirectly calculate the luminous intensity distribution of that object and therefore evaluate total luminous flux that is irradiated in upper part of hemisphere and cause obtrusive light. These data can be used to determine the extent of the contribution of this object to obtrusive light in local region.

English abstract

This paper is dedicated to inform a reader about the new research about the reconstruction of luminous intensity distribution of illuminated buildings or large outdoor objects that significantly contribute to disturbing light at night. The obtrusive light is highly discussed topic recently. However, there is lack of measuring equipment capable of characterising the contribution of individual illuminated objects to total obtrusive light. The proposed method uses unmanned aerial device with calibrated luminance camera to remotely and autonomously collect the luminance data around the object. With sufficient number of luminance images from different viewing positions and accurate GPS coordinates it is possible to indirectly calculate the luminous intensity distribution of that object and therefore evaluate total luminous flux that is irradiated in upper part of hemisphere and cause obtrusive light. These data can be used to determine the extent of the contribution of this object to obtrusive light in local region.

Keywords

Obtrusive light measurement, luminance camera, luminous intensity distribution, unmanned aerial devices

Key words in English

Obtrusive light measurement, luminance camera, luminous intensity distribution, unmanned aerial devices

Authors

ŠKODA, J.; MOTYČKA, M.; BAXANT, P.; NOVÁK, F.

RIV year

2026

Released

01.11.2025

Publisher

Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage

Location

Vienna

ISBN

978-3-902842-76-3

Pages count

6

URL

https://store.accuristech.com/standards/cie-x051-2025-r2873e?product_id=3040049

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT199910,
  author="Jan {Škoda} and Martin {Motyčka} and Petr {Baxant} and Filip {Novák}",
  title="The Obtrusive Light Measurement with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle",
  year="2025",
  pages="6",
  publisher="Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage",
  address="Vienna",
  doi="10.25039/x051.2025/r2873e",
  isbn="978-3-902842-76-3",
  url="https://store.accuristech.com/standards/cie-x051-2025-r2873e?product_id=3040049"
}