Title :
Research on search probability and camera footprint of region coverage for UAVs
Author :
Chen, Hai ; Wang, Xin-Min ; Jiao, Yu-Song ; Li, Yan
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Autom., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
This paper investigates the search probability and camera footprint of region coverage for UAVs. Two kinds of search probability by using the UAV camera are proposed. Moreover, the relationship between the UAV altitude and the camera footprint is also studied in this paper. Some formulars concerned with the UAV camera footprint are developed in two cases: flat flying and roll motion, and yaw motion. The formulars can be used to obtain the length and width of the camera footprint and the coordinate transformation between the UAV centroid and the footprint center respectively. Finally, the front-mounted angle of camera is discussed in this paper to ensure the region coverage more effective.
Keywords :
aircraft control; attitude control; motion control; probability; remotely operated vehicles; UAV altitude; UAV camera footprint; flat flying; region coverage; roll motion; search probability; unmanned aerial vehicles; yaw motion; Automatic control; Automation; Cameras; Land vehicles; Military aircraft; Mobile robots; Reconnaissance; Remotely operated vehicles; Road vehicles; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation, 2009. ICCA 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Christchurch
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4706-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4707-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCA.2009.5410419