Vision-based target geolocation and optimal surveillance on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ross, James A ^a,b   Geiger, Brian R ^a,b   Sinsley, Gregory L ^a,b   Horn, Joseph F ^a,b   Long, Lyle N ^a,b   Niessner, Albert F ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c State College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ERROR COMPENSATION; KALMAN FILTERS; MOTION PLANNING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TRACTION (FRICTION);

LATENCY COMPENSATIONS; LINEAR KALMAN FILTERS; PATH-PLANNING ALGORITHM; PENN STATE UNIVERSITY; REAL-TIME COMPUTER VISION; TARGET GEOLOCATION; VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES; VISION PROCESSING;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 78651061154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-7448     Document Type: Conference Paper

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