Vision-based landing system design for a small UAV

Yu Fu Lin, Wei Min Lu, Kuan Hung Chen, Jiun-In  Guo

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Abstract

This paper presents a vision-based landing system concept which could be implemented in a small UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). Vision-based object detection provides object position information of objects such as pedestrian or road, and those detection methods can also provide precise position during the landing stage of aircraft. Besides, the take off weight of a small UAV should be light in order to increase endurance. Vision-based sensor is much low-cost compared with other sensors such as RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging), LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) or DGPS (differential GPS) module. However, vision-based object detection methods have several challenges such as weather conditions, low illumination capability, and high false detection rate in complicated environment. Accordingly, this paper presents a practical method that can conquers the above challenges for vision-based landing system for UAV. In addition to desktop simulation, we also realize the proposed method on a portable device.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan, ICCE-TW 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages496-497
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781479987443
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Aug 2015
Event2nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan, ICCE-TW 2015 - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 6 Jun 20158 Jun 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan, ICCE-TW 2015

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics - Taiwan, ICCE-TW 2015
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period6/06/158/06/15

Keywords

  • intelligent vision
  • Net-recovery
  • object detection
  • unmanned aerial vehicle
  • vision-based landing

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