Title :
Tracking of an underwater visual target with an autonomous surface vehicle
Author :
Figueiredo, Andre B. ; Ferreira, Bruno M. ; Matos, Anibal C.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
This paper presents the development of a first approach to a vision-based target detection. The ultimate objective of this work is to position an autonomous surface vehicle relative to a target. Experiments in a controlled indoor environment were conducted to test the developed system. The experimental results are analyzed and show that the tracking performances achieve errors in the order of a few centimetres.
Keywords :
object detection; remotely operated vehicles; robot vision; target tracking; autonomous surface vehicle; autonomous surface vehicle position; controlled indoor environment; tracking performances; underwater visual target tracking; vision-based target detection; Cameras; Image color analysis; Robot sensing systems; Target tracking; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Oceans - St. John's, 2014
Conference_Location :
St. John´s, NL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4920-5
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2014.7003237
