Automatic detection, classification and tracking of objects in the ocean surface from UAVs using a thermal camera

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2015-June, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Leira, Frederik S ^a   Johansen, Tor Arne ^a   Fossen, Thor I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ANTENNAS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; DATA HANDLING; FIXED WINGS; INFRARED IMAGING; MACHINERY; OBJECT DETECTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; OBJECT CHARACTERISTICS; OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING; ON-BOARD DATA PROCESSING; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; REAL TIME ALGORITHMS; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS;

OBJECT TRACKING;

EID: 84940704016     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2015.7119238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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