Graph embedding discriminant analysis on Grassmannian manifolds for improved image set matching

MT Harandi, C Sanderson, S Shirazi, BC Lovell - CVPR 2011, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A convenient way of dealing with image sets is to represent them as points on
Grassmannian manifolds. While several recent studies explored the applicability of …

Vision-aided inertial navigation for flight control

AD Wu, EN Johnson, AA Proctor - Journal of Aerospace Computing …, 2005 - arc.aiaa.org
UNMANNED aerial vehicles (UAVs) typically use a combination of the Global Positioning
System (GPS) and inertial sensors for navigation and control. The GPS position data bounds …

[PDF][PDF] Integration of GPS/INS/vision sensors to navigate unmanned aerial vehicles

MA Garratt, AJ Lambert, J Wang, S Han… - Information …, 2008 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
This paper presents an integrated GPS/INS/Vision navigation system for Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs). A CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) video camera and laser rangefinder …

Adaptive image-based visual servoing for an underactuated quadrotor system

D Lee, H Lim, HJ Kim, Y Kim, KJ Seong - Journal of Guidance, Control …, 2012 - arc.aiaa.org
VISUAL-INFORMATION-BASED control, or visual servoing, is a method of controlling a
robotic system to its desired states using visual feedback obtained from a camera [1, 2]. It …

Vision-based estimation for guidance, navigation, and control of an aerial vehicle

MK Kaiser, NR Gans, WE Dixon - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While a Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most widely used sensor modality for aircraft
navigation, researchers have been motivated to investigate other navigational sensor …

Simulation environment for machine vision based aerial refueling for UAVs

G Campa, MR Napolitano… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of a simulation environment is described for a machine vision (MV)-based
approach for the problem of aerial refueling (AR) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using …

Vision-aided system and method for guiding a vehicle

S Han, JF Reid, F Rovira-Más - US Patent 7,610,123, 2009 - Google Patents
DETERMINE OR SELECT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTION
FACTORS:(1) A LOCATION DATA WEIGHT FOR APPLICATION TO THE LOCATION …

Quadrocopter control using an on-board video system with off-board processing

M Bošnak, D Matko, S Blažič - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained increasing popularity.
These vehicles are employed in many applications, from military operations to civilian tasks …

Quadrocopter hovering using position-estimation information from inertial sensors and a high-delay video system

M Bošnak, D Matko, S Blažič - Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2012 - Springer
The requirement that mobile robots become independent of external sensors, such as GPS,
and are able to navigate in an environment by themselves, means that designers have few …

Method and system for guiding a vehicle with vision-based adjustment

S Han, TD Pickett, JF Reid - US Patent 7,876,927, 2011 - Google Patents
DATA IS BASED ON ACROSS CORRELATION AND AN R-SOUARED VALUE THE CROSS
CORRELATION IS BETWEEN AN OBSERVED INTENSITY PROFILE OF THE VISION DATA …