Omnidirectional vision for UAV: Applications to attitude, motion and altitude estimation for day and night conditions

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 459-473

  Natraj, Ashutosh ^a,b   Ly, Dieu Sang ^b   Eynard, Damien ^c   Demonceaux, Cédric ^b   Vasseur, Pascal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Altitude attitude motion estimation; Computer vision; Omnivision; UAV

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COMPUTER VISION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VIDEO CAMERAS;

ALTITUDE ESTIMATIONS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL VISION; OMNIDIRECTIONAL CAMERAS; OMNIVISION; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; PERSPECTIVE CAMERAS; RURAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIOUS ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 84893664836     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9752-z     Document Type: Article

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