Measurement of aircraft attitude is a necessary step for autonomous control of aircraft. Autonomous aircraft are useful for a range of military and civilian purposes. A method of very low computational complexity is presented that allows the pitch and roll angles of an aircraft to be measured onboard an unmanned aircraft from real-time video of the horizon. This method can be used for maintaining level flight, and provides a degree of automatic terrain avoidance.
Aircraft attitude estimation from horizon video
22.06.2006
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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