Title
Landing spot selection for UAV emergency landing
Author
Eendebak, P.T.
van Eekeren, A.W.M.
den Hollander, R.J.M.
Contributor
Karlsen, R.E. (editor)
Gage, D.W. (editor)
Publication year
2013
Abstract
We present a robust method for landing zone selection using obstacle detection to be used for UAV emergency landings. The method is simple enough to allow real-time implementation on a UAV system. The method is able to detect objects in the presence of camera movement and motion parallax. Using the detected obstacles we select a safe landing zone for the UAV. The motion and structure detection uses background estimation of stabilized video. The background variation is measured and used to enhance the moving objects if necessary. In the motion and structure map a distance transform is calculated to find a suitable location for landing. © 2013 SPIE.
Subject
Human activity detection
Safe landing
UAV landing
Defence Research
Defence, Safety and Security
Physics & Electronics
II - Intelligent Imaging
TS - Technical Sciences
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017910
TNO identifier
477639
Publisher
SPIE, Bellingham, WA
Source
Unmanned Systems Technology XV Conference, 1-3 May 2013, Baltimore, MD, USA, 8741 (8741)
Series
Proceedings of SPIE
Document type
conference paper