Remotely-piloted mini-helicopter imaging of citrus

2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  MacArthur, Donald K ^a   Schueller, John K ^a   Crane, Carl D ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Fruit; Helicopter; Images; RPV; Sensors; Vision

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE SENSORS; CITRUS; CITRUS GROVES; DIGITAL COMPASS; FLORIDA; IMAGES; MEGA-PIXEL; PAY LOAD; REMOTE LAPTOPS; RPV; SENSOR PAYLOADS; STEREO-VISION SYSTEM; TREE HEALTH; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; YIELD ESTIMATION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER VISION; FRUITS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HELICOPTERS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; MOBILE COMPUTING;

SENSORS;

EID: 70349129985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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