Enabling navigation of MAVs through inertial, vision, and air pressure sensor fusion

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Volumn 35 LNEE, Issue , 2009, Pages 143-158

  Taylor, Clark N ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS denied narrigation; Sensor fusion; Vision aided navigation

Indexed keywords

AIR PRESSURES; ATTITUDE ACCURACY; ELECTRO-OPTICAL CAMERAS; FLIGHT SCENARIOS; GPS-DENIED NARRIGATION; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; POWER CONSTRAINTS; SENSOR FUSION; URBAN TERRAIN;

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROL THEORY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PRESSURE SENSORS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIR NAVIGATION;

EID: 70449640218     PISSN: 18761100     EISSN: 18761119     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89859-7_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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