Comparison of point matching algorithms for the UAV aerial refueling problem

Machine Vision and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-251

  Mammarella, Marco ^a   Campa, Giampiero ^a   Napolitano, Marcello R ^a   Fravolini, Mario L ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial refueling; Machine vision; Point matching; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Visual assisted control

Indexed keywords

AERIAL REFUELING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; MACHINE VISION; POINT-MATCHING; POSE ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER VISION; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; TANKERS (SHIPS); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77953363975     PISSN: 09328092     EISSN: 14321769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00138-008-0149-8     Document Type: Article

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