Comparison of two image and inertial sensor fusion techniques for navigation in unmapped environments

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 946-958

  Taylor, Clark N ^a,c   Veth, Michael J ^b   Raquet, John F ^b   Miller, Mikel M ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONSTRAINT-BASED; ELECTRO-OPTICAL CAMERAS; EXTERNAL SENSORS; FEATURE-TRACKING; FLIGHT SCENARIOS; FUSION METHODS; FUSION TECHNIQUES; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL SENSOR; LOW QUALITIES; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; RIGID BODY; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING; URBAN TERRAIN; VISUAL INFORMATION;

CAMERAS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NAVIGATION; REAL TIME CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

IMAGE FUSION;

EID: 79955394098     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.5751236     Document Type: Article

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