Title :
A three point algorithm for attitude and range determination using vision
Author :
Yakimenko, O. ; Kaminer, I. ; Lentz, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astron. Eng., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we discuss the development of a vision-based algorithm to determine the relative position and orientation of an aircraft with respect to a ship which has three visible points with known separation distances. Results of both a simulation and processed aircraft video data are also presented. The potential application for the results presented is vision-based autonomous shipboard landing by an unmanned air vehicle
Keywords :
aircraft landing guidance; attitude measurement; distance measurement; mobile robots; robot vision; ships; aircraft carrier; aircraft orientation; aircraft position; attitude determination; processed aircraft video data; range determination; separation distances; ship; three point algorithm; unmanned air vehicle; vision-based autonomous shipboard landing; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft propulsion; Cameras; Infrared detectors; Marine vehicles; Ocean temperature; Position measurement; Sea surface; Smoke detectors; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5519-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2000.879492
