Title :
Electrooptical navigation for aircraft
Author :
Menon, P.K.A. ; Chatterji, G.B. ; Sridhar, B.
Author_Institution :
Optimal Synthesis, Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Concurrently with the development of guidance laws for low-altitude rotorcraft flight operations, efforts are underway to develop automated systems for locating the terrain and the obstacles using inputs from passive electrooptical sensors such as TV cameras and infrared imagers. A passive obstacle location algorithm that uses image sequences from cameras undergoing translational and rotational motion is developed. The algorithm is in a general form and can operate in multicamera imaging environments. Performance results using an image sequence from an airborne camera are given
Keywords :
aircraft instrumentation; electro-optical devices; helicopters; image sensors; infrared detectors; navigation; television applications; TV cameras; airborne camera; aircraft; image sequence; image sequences; infrared imagers; low-altitude rotorcraft flight operations; multicamera imaging; passive electrooptical sensors; passive obstacle location algorithm; rotational motion; translational motion; Aircraft navigation; Cameras; Displacement measurement; Electrooptic devices; Image sensors; Image sequences; Infrared image sensors; Laser radar; Layout; Lenses; Lighting; NASA; Pixel; Reflectivity; TV; Vehicles;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
