Human body detection and geolocalization for UAV search and rescue missions using color and thermal imagery

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rudol, Piotr ^a   Doherty, Patrick ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; MAPS; STANDARDS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AUTONOMOUS UAV; COLOR IMAGERY; DISASTER RELIEF; FLYING ROBOTS; GEO LOCALIZATION; HIGH FRAME RATE; HUMAN BODIES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; POINTS OF INTEREST; REAL-WORLD; SALIENCY MAP; SEARCH-AND-RESCUE; STANDARD HARDWARE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; UNMANNED HELICOPTERS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 49349114364     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2008.4526559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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