Unmanned aerial vehicle localization based on monocular vision and online mosaicking : AA new mapping framework

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 323-343

  Caballero, Fernando ^a   Merino, Luis ^b   Ferruz, Joaquín ^a   Ollero, Aníbal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c Centro Avanzado de Tecnologías Aeroespaciales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Localization; Mosaic; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATIVE ERRORS; HOMOGRAPHIES; IMAGE MOTION; LOCALIZATION; MONOCULAR VISION; MOSAIC; NEW APPROACHES; POSITION ESTIMATION; SURVEILLANCE TASK; VISION BASED;

COMPUTER VISION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 68149129655     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-008-9305-7     Document Type: Article

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