Rapid area coverage for unexploded ordinance using UAVs incorporating magnetic sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4741, Issue , 2002, Pages 262-269

  Perry, Alexander R ^a   Czipott, Peter V ^a   Walsh, David O ^b  

^a Quantum Magnetics Inc   (United States)

^b Vista Clara Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast realtime; Magnetic sensing; Tensor gradiometry; UAV; Unexploded ordinance; UXO

Indexed keywords

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOMETERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; TENSORS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VECTORS;

RAPID AREA COVERAGE; TENSOR MAGNETIC GRADIOMETRY; UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

MILITARY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES;

EID: 0036439679     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.478720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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