Improving accuracy of MAV pose estimation using Visual Odometry

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3721-3726

  Ready, Bryce B ^a   Taylor, Clark N ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERING (EKFDF); GPS/INS; IMAGE DATA; ON-BOARD; POSE-ESTIMATION; SOURCE OF INFORMATION; VISUAL ODOMETRY;

CONTROL THEORY; FILTRATION; MILITARY DATA PROCESSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 46449127132     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACC.2007.4283137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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