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Relative Navigation for Autonomous Aerial Refueling Using Infra-red based Vision Systems

자동 공중급유를 위한 적외선 영상기반 상대 항법

  • Received : 2018.02.22
  • Accepted : 2018.06.15
  • Published : 2018.07.01
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Abstract

In this paper, a vision-based relative navigation system is addressed for autonomous aerial refueling. In the air-to-air refueling, it is assumed that the tanker has the drogue, and the receiver has the probe. To obtain the relative information from the drogue, a vision-based imaging technology by infra-red camera is applied. In this process, the relative information is obtained by using Gaussian Least Squares Differential Correction (GLSDC), and Levenberg-Marquadt(LM), where the drouge geometric information calculated through image processing is used. These two approaches proposed in this paper are analyzed through numerical simulations.

본 논문에서는 항공기 자동 공중급유를 위해 영상기반 상대 항법 시스템을 구현한다. 급유기와 피급유기는 프로브-드로그 방식의 공중급유를 가정하며 상대항법은 피급유기가 드로그에 대한 상대정보를 획득하며 진행한다. 드로그로부터 상대정보를 획득하기 위해 드로그 형태를 규정하고 IR카메라를 이용한 영상처리를 진행한다. 영상처리를 통해 얻은 드로그의 정보로부터 Gaussian Least Squares Differential Correction(GLSDC) 및 Levenberg-Marquardt(LM)을 이용한 상대항법을 진행하고 시뮬레이션을 통해 두 알고리즘의 분석을 수행한다.

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