Title :
Unmanned aircraft navigation for shipboard landing using infrared vision
Author :
Yakimenko, O.A. ; Kaminer, I.I. ; Lentz, W.J. ; Ghyzel, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Eng., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA
fDate :
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper addresses the problem of determining the relative position and orientation of an unmanned air vehicle with respect to a ship using three visible points of known separation. The, images of the points are obtained from an onboard infrared camera. The paper develops a numerical solution to this problem. Both simulation and flight test results are presented.
Keywords :
aircraft landing guidance; image processing; infrared imaging; numerical analysis; ships; flight test data analysis; infrared vision; numerical solution; onboard IR camera; relative orientation determination; relative position determination; shipboard landing; unmanned air vehicle; unmanned aircraft navigation; Aerospace simulation; Aircraft navigation; Cameras; Filtering algorithms; Infrared imaging; Infrared sensors; Marine vehicles; Sensor systems; Trajectory; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.2002.1145742