Cooperative tracking using vision measurements on SeaScan UAVs

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 613-626

  Campbell, Mark E ^a   Whitacre, William W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft detection and tracking; Cooperative systems; Cooperative tracking; Estimation; Mobile sensors; Sensor fusion; Tracking; Vision sensors

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; AIRCRAFT TRACKING; COOPERATIVE TRACKING; MOBILE SENSORS; SENSOR FUSION; UNINHABITED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS); VISION SENSORS;

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; TRACKING (POSITION);

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 34447300703     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2007.899177     Document Type: Article

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