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The paper considers an approach for application of computer vision systems to solve the problem of unmanned aerial vehicle control. The processing of images obtained through onboard camera is required for absolute positioning of aerial platform (automatic landing and take-off, hovering etc.) used image processing on-board camera. The proposed method combines the advantages of existing systems and gives the ability to perform hovering over a given point, the exact take-off and landing. The limitations of implemented methods are determined and the algorithm is proposed to combine them in order to improve the efficiency.

An Application of Computer Vision Systems to Solve the Problem of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control

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The paper considers an approach for application of computer vision systems to solve the problem of unmanned aerial vehicle control. The processing of images...

An Application of Computer Vision Systems to Solve the Problem of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control

Pubblicato online: 21 giu 2014

Pagine: 209 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2014-0018

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