Egomotion estimation with optic flow and air velocity sensors

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 351-367

  Rutkowski, Adam J ^a   Miller, Mikel M ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^b   Willis, Mark A ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egomotion estimation; Optic flow; Wind estimation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; AIR VELOCITIES; BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENT; EGO-MOTION; EGO-MOTION ESTIMATION; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; OPTIC FLOW; TEST CASE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND ESTIMATION; WIND VELOCITIES;

ALGORITHMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ODOR CONTROL; SENSORS;

ESTIMATION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

PHEROMONE;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOTH; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING; WIND;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES; RHEOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VIDEO RECORDING; WIND;

EID: 79960890663     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-011-0440-z     Document Type: Article

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