A vision based geolocation tracking system for UAV's

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1942-1959

  Campbell, Mark E ^a,c   Wheeled, Matthew ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Insitu Group   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIONICS; CAMERAS; FEEDBACK; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION);

GEOLOCATION TRACKING ESTIMATOR; GROUND STATIONS; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV'S); VISION BASED GEOLOCATION TRACKING;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33845781563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-6246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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