A short-range ship navigation system based on ladar imaging and target tracking for improved safety and efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-197

  Jiménez Ruiz, Antonio Ramón ^a   Seco Granja, Fernando ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficient intelligent navigation; Image processing and denoising; Integrating Global Positioning System (GPS) electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) with LAser Detection And Ranging (ladar); Safety and collision avoidance

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; CONTROL THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INLAND WATERWAYS; LASERS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION CHARTS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RANGE FINDERS; RANGE FINDING; SCANNING; SEAWATER; SHIPS; TARGETS;

BRIDGE COLUMNS; BRIDGE HEIGHTS; CONTINUOUS TRACKING; EFFICIENT INTELLIGENT NAVIGATION; IMPROVING EFFICIENCIES; INLAND NAVIGATIONS; INTEGRATING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)/ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (ECDIS) WITH LASER DETECTION AND RANGING (LADAR); LASER RANGE FINDERS; LASER RANGE FINDINGS; MARITIME NAVIGATIONS; MULTIPLE-TARGET TRACKING PROBLEMS; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REAL TIME; RIVER BANKS; ROBUST KALMAN FILTERING; SAFETY AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE; SHIP OPERATIONS; SYSTEM-BASED; TRACK INITIALIZATIONS;

LASER SAFETY;

EID: 61849184078     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2008.2011698     Document Type: Article

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