Title :
Multi-camera visual servoing of multiple micro helicopters
Author :
Iwatani, Yasushi ; Kohou ; Hashimoto, Koichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Inf. Sci., Tohoku Univ., Sendai
Abstract :
This paper presents a multi-camera visual servo system for unmanned micro helicopters. IEEE 1394 cameras are placed on the ground, and they are linked in a network. A vision-based control method with occlusion handling is implemented to overcome the occlusion problem.
Keywords :
aircraft control; computer vision; helicopters; hidden feature removal; image motion analysis; remotely operated vehicles; multicamera visual servoing; multiple micro helicopters; occlusion handling; unmanned micro helicopter; vision-based control; Automatic control; Cameras; Feature extraction; Helicopters; Image processing; Motion control; Personal communication networks; Servomechanisms; Transmitters; Visual servoing; Micro helicopters; networked control systems; visual servoing;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference, 2008
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-4-907764-30-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-907764-29-6
DOI :
10.1109/SICE.2008.4655072
