Algorithmic solution for autonomous vision-based off-road navigation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3364, Issue , 1998, Pages 230-247

  Kolesnik, Marina ^a   Paar, Gerhard ^b   Bauer, Arnold ^b   Ulm, Michael ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomous navigation; Computer vision; Stereo matching; Stereo reconstruction; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; RESTORATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING (POSITION); TRACKING RADAR; VEHICLES;

3D SCENE RECONSTRUCTION; A-PRIORI; ALGORITHMIC SOLUTIONS; AUTONOMOUS MODES; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS; AUTONOMOUS ROVERS; CAMERA POSITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL SOLUTIONS; DEM GENERATIONS; ELEVATION MODELS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATIONS; FOLLOWING OPERATIONS; GLOBAL PATH PLANNING; HIGH PRECISION; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; INERTIAL SENSORS; LASER RANGING; LOCAL PATH PLANNING; MAP GENERATIONS; MOON EXPLORATIONS; MOUNTING DEVICES; NATURAL FEATURES; NAVIGATION DATUM; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCES; OBSTACLE DETECTIONS; OUTDOOR NAVIGATIONS; PATH EXECUTIONS; PATH-PLANNING; PLANETARY EXPLORATIONS; RELATIVE LOCALIZATIONS; SELF LOCALIZATIONS; STEREO IMAGES; STEREO MATCHING; STEREO RECONSTRUCTION; STEREO VISION SYSTEMS; VISION-BASED; VISION-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

STEREO VISION;

EID: 62249188065     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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