Real-time machine-vision-based position sensing system for UAV aerial refueling

Journal of Real-Time Image Processing

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-224

  Dell'Aquila, Rocco V ^a   Campa, Giampiero ^a   Napolitano, Marcello R ^a   Mammarella, Marco ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Inter process communication; Real time image acquisition; Visual servo control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME CONTROL; SERVOMECHANISMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATION; REAL-TIME IMAGE ACQUISITION; VISUAL SERVO CONTROL;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 34248327882     PISSN: 18618200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11554-007-0023-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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