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Measurement of airborne platform attitude by using aerial images

  • Xiangrui Tian*
  • , Lijun Xu
  • , Xiaolu Li
  • , Lili Jing
  • , Wanlu Zhou
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Attitude measurement error is one of the main factors that deteriorate the imaging accuracy of airborne remote sensing. In view of the fact that high-precision inertial navigation instruments are very costly, a low-cost but effective method based on the aerial images is proposed to improve the accuracy of attitude measurement. In this method, a large number of aerial images are shot on the flight. The image matching method is used to calculate the relative movement of each two adjacent aerial images. Based on the relationship between the changes of the attitude angles at the two shooting time and the relative movement of the two adjacent aerial images, the changes of the attitude angles can be obtained, which can be used to rectify the erroneous attitude data measured by low-accuracy inertial navigation instruments. The realization of the method was specifically analyzed. The simulation results also demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology, ISICT 2012 - Proceedings
Pages291-294
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event8th IEEE International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology, ISICT 2012 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 Jul 201213 Jul 2012

Publication series

Name2012 the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology, ISICT 2012 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference8th IEEE International Symposium on Instrumentation and Control Technology, ISICT 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period11/07/1213/07/12

Keywords

  • aerial image
  • attitude accuracy
  • attitude measurement error
  • image matching

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