Flight trial of an electro-optical sense-and-avoid system

28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences 2012, ICAS 2012

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 3252-3258

  Mejias, Luis ^a   Lai, John ^a   Ford, Jason J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detection algorithms; Ense and avoid; Filter banks; Filtering techniques; Obstacle avoidanceS

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DETECTION ALGORITHM; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; ENSE-AND-AVOID; FILTERING TECHNIQUE; FLIGHT TRIALS; HUMAN INTERVENTION;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FILTER BANKS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84881517383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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