Mechatronic kite and camera rig to rapidly acquire, process, and distribute aerial images

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 671-678

  Oh, Paul Y ^a   Green, William E ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Aerial robotics; Computer vision; Kite; Situational awareness; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOTICS;

AERIAL ROBOTICS; KITE-MOUNTED CAMERA; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SURVEILLANCE;

MECHATRONICS;

EID: 13244253952     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2004.839039     Document Type: Article

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