Drogue tracking using 3D flash lidar for autonomous aerial refueling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8037, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Chao I ^a   Stettner, Roger ^a  

^a Advanced Scientific Concepts Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

3d flash lidar; 3D point cloud; Autonomous aerial refueling; Level set; Target identification; Tracking; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

3D POINT-CLOUD; AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING; FLASH LIDAR; LEVEL SET; TARGET IDENTIFICATION;

LASER APPLICATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RECORDING; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); UNMANNED VEHICLES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 79960107505     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.886572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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