Design of Multisensor Navigation System for Autonomous Precision Approach and Landing

  • Soon, Ben K.H. (ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (CAS), Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR), University of Sydney) ;
  • Scheding, Steve (ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (CAS), Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR), University of Sydney) ;
  • Lee, Hyung-Keun (School of Electronics, Telecommunication and Computer Engineering, Hankuk Aviation University) ;
  • Lee, Hung-Kyu (Department of Civil Engineering, Changwon National University)
  • 발행 : 2006.10.18

초록

Precision approach and landing of aircraft in a remote landing zone autonomously present several challenges. Firstly, the exact location, orientation and elevation of the landing zone are not always known; secondly, the accuracy of the navigation solution is not always sufficient for this type of precision maneuver if there is no DGPS availability within close proximity. This paper explores an alternative approach for estimating the navigation parameters of the aircraft to the landing area using only time-differenced GPS carrier phase measurement and range measurements from a vision system. Distinct ground landmarks are marked before the landing zone. The positions of these landmarks are extracted from the vision system then the ranges relative to these locations are used as measurements for the extended Kalman filter (EKF) in addition to the precise time-differenced GPS carrier phase measurements. The performance of this navigation algorithm is demonstrated using simulation.

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