Computer vision onboard UAVs for civilian tasks

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 105-135

  Campoy, Pascual ^a   Correa, Juan F ^a   Mondragón, Ivan ^a   Martínez, Carol ^a   Olivares, Miguel ^a   Mejías, Luis ^b   Artieda, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feature detection; Image processing; SLAM; Tracking; UAV; Visual servoing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; KETONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STEREO VISION; TARGET TRACKING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATIONS; DETECTION AND TRACKING; DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIONS; FEATURE DETECTION; FLIGHT CONTROLS; GLOBAL VIEWS; GPS SIGNALS; IMAGE FEATURES; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; PLANETARY BODIES; POWER LINES; RESEARCH FIELDS; SIGNAL DROPOUTS; SLAM; TRACKING; UAV; URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANYONS; VISUAL INFORMATIONS; VISUAL NAVIGATIONS; VISUAL SERVOING CONTROLS; VISUAL SLAMS; VISUAL TARGETS;

VISUAL SERVOING;

EID: 56649102279     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-008-9256-z     Document Type: Article

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