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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2018.46.7.557

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

Yoon, Hyungchul (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University)
Yang, Youyoung (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University)
Leeghim, Henzeh (Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Chosun University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.46, no.7, 2018 , pp. 557-566 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Autonomous Aerial Refueling; Image Processing; Relative Navigation; IR Camera;
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