Infrared camera array system for air robot autolanding without GPS

Guangpo Li, Tao Yang, Jing Li, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Zhuoyue Zhang, Zhi Li, Yanning Zhang

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel infrared camera array guidance system with capability to track and provide real time position and speed of an air robot during a landing process. The system mainly include three novel parts: (1) Infrared camera array and infrared laser lamp based cooperative long range optical imaging module; (2) Large scale outdoor camera array calibration module; and (3) Laser marker segmentation and 3D tracking module. Extensive automatic landing experiments with fixed-wing flight demonstrate that our infrared camera array system has the unique ability to guide the air robot landing safely and accurately in real time, and the landing point error is less than 0.2 meters. Moreover, the measurement and control distance of our system is over 1000 meters, far beyond many state-of-the-art optical guidance systems. The experimental results also demonstrate that our system can be used for air robot automatic accuracy landing in GPS-denied environments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICSP 2016 - 2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Signal Processing, Proceedings
EditorsYuan Baozong, Ruan Qiuqi, Zhao Yao, An Gaoyun
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages919-923
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509013449
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2016
Event13th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2016 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 6 Nov 201610 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Signal Processing Proceedings, ICSP
Volume0

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, ICSP 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period6/11/1610/11/16

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