Fully optical real-time pointing, acquisition and tracking system for free space optical link

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5712, Issue , 2005, Pages 81-92

  Ho, Tzung Hsien ^a   Milner, Stuart D ^a   Davis, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Planar homography; Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking (PAT); Stereo vision algorithm

Indexed keywords

NODES; PLANAR HOMOGRAPHY; POINTING, ACQUISITION, AND TRACKING (PAT); STEREO VISION ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STEREO VISION; TRACKING (POSITION);

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 21844470983     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.590982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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