Automatic Evaluation of Landmarks for Image-Based Navigation Update

The successful mission of an autonomous airborne system like an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strongly depends on its accurate navigation. While GPS is not always available and pose estimation based solely on Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) drifts, image-based navigation may become a cheap and robus...

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Main Authors: Stefan Lang, Michael Kirchhof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2009-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/467549