Aircraft attitude estimation from horizon video

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 744-745

  Cornall, T D ^a   Egan, G K ^a   Price, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VIDEO RECORDING;

AUTONOMOUS CONTROL; REAL TIME VIDEO; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33745478340     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20060547     Document Type: Article

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