A camera-based positioning system for the formation flying testbed

Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 8325-8333

  Zhao, Bin ^a   Guo, Jian ^b   Gill, Eberhard ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ 6.0; MOVING-OBJECT DETECTION; MULTI-THREAD TECHNOLOGY; POSITIONING ACCURACY; POSITIONING INFORMATION; SATELLITE FORMATION FLYING; SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE;

EDGE DETECTION; ENTROPY; TESTBEDS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 84883543115     PISSN: 00741795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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