Research on a novel polarization sensor for navigation

Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Information Acquisition, ICIA

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-246

  Chu, Jinkui ^a   Zhao, Kaichun ^a   Wang, Tichang ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Navigation; Performance test; Polarization vision; Sensor calibration

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; POLARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION; COMPOUND EYES; DIFFERENCE METHODS; INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MATH MODEL; NAVIGATION SENSORS; NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTPUT ERROR (OE); PHOTORECEPTORS (PR); POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; POLARIZED LIGHT; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; PRECISION GUIDED WEAPONS; SENSOR CALIBRATION; SENSOR PERFORMANCES; STRAIGHT LINES; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 47349109792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIA.2007.4295734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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