Integration of terrain image sensing with UAV safety management protocols

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2011, Pages 36-51

  Patterson, Timothy ^a   McClean, Sally ^a   Parr, Gerard ^a   Morrow, Philip ^a   Teacy, Luke ^a   Nie, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quadrotor UAV; UAV safe landing zone detection; UAV safety management protocol

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ANTENNAS;

BRIDGE INSPECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUND SURVEILLANCE; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; QUAD-ROTOR UAV; SAFE LANDING; SEARCH AND RESCUE; UAV SAFETY;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84881526059     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23583-2_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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