A multi-resolution image alignment technique based on direct methods for pose estimation of aerial vehicles

Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 542-548

  Martínez, Carol ^a   Mejias, Luis ^b   Campoy, Pascual ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial Vehicles; Computer vision; Homography decomposition; Image alignment; Pose estimation; UAVs

Indexed keywords

AERIAL VEHICLE; HOMOGRAPHY DECOMPOSITIONS; IMAGE ALIGNMENT; POSE ESTIMATION; UAVS;

ALGORITHMS; ALIGNMENT; COMPUTER VISION; DROPS; LANDING; MOTION ESTIMATION; TAKEOFF;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84857003766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DICTA.2011.97     Document Type: Conference Paper

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