Image resolution-based path planning and metrics for exhaustive area search from small UAVs

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Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jackson, Joseph A ^a   McLain, Timothy W ^b   Goodrich, Michael A ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS COMPANY INC   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOTION PLANNING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VIDEO CAMERAS;

HIGH QUALITY VIDEO; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; ON-BOARD SENSORS; PATH GENERATION METHODS; SURVEILLANCE TECHNIQUES; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS); VIDEO RESOLUTIONS; WILDERNESS SEARCH AND RESCUES;

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EID: 77958493446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-2067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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