Autonomous helicopter tracking and localization using a self-surveying camera array

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Matsuoka, Masayoshi ^a   Chen, Alan ^a   Singh, Surya P N ^a   Coates, Adam ^a   Ng, Andrew Y ^a   Thrun, Sebastian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bundle adjustment; Self surveying cameras; Structure from motion; Vision based localization; Visual tracking

Indexed keywords

BUNDLE ADJUSTMENT; GROUND DEPLOYED CAMERAS; HELICOPTER TRACKING; MOTION ALGORITHM; VISION BASED LOCALIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; HELICOPTERS; POSITION CONTROL; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 33846531923     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364906074898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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