Research on alignment of camera and receptacle during the autonomous aerial refueling

Qiuling Jia, Shuzheng Shi, Yaohong Qu, Guangwen Li

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Abstract

The technique of the boom docking into the receptacle of the receiver is a difficult problem in the procedure of autonomous aerial refueling. The technique by image tracking is a hot solution to the problem and appropriate image information is required to calculate the coordinates of the target rigidly. A camera platform control system based on CamShift algorithm merged with Current Statistical model is proposed in this paper to adjust camera angle for the target tracking. The position and dimensions of the tracked target could be acquired by the CamShift algorithm, accordingly the camera can be controlled to turn to the target. To solve the background interference and occlusion problem, frame interpolation and tracking model are introduced. The simulation results show that the camera by the control way introduced in this paper is able to aim at the target when the speed of the target is in the required limit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Robotics and Applications - 5th International Conference, ICIRA 2012, Proceedings
Pages323-330
Number of pages8
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event5th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2012 - Montreal, QC, Canada
Duration: 3 Oct 20125 Oct 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume7506 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2012
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal, QC
Period3/10/125/10/12

Keywords

  • Autonomous aerial refueling
  • CamShift algorithm
  • Image tracking
  • Platform control

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