Visual inspection of underwater structures by autonomous underwater vehicles based on positioning using artificial objects placed on them

Proceedings of ISOPE Pacific/Asia Offshore Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 49-56

  Yu, Son Cheol ^a   Ura, Tamaki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AUV; Image processing; Inspection; LASER; Light; Navigation; Sacrificial anode

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

AUTONOMOUS VISUAL INSPECTION; DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION;

SUBMERSIBLES;

EID: 0348195706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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