Monocular Vision-based Two-stage Iterative Algorithm for Relative Position and Attitude Estimation of Docking Spacecraft

Visual sensors are used to measure the relative state of the chaser spacecraft to the target spacecraft during close range rendezvous phases. This article proposes a two-stage iterative algorithm based on an inverse projection ray approach to address the relative position and attitude estimation by using feature points and monocular vision. It consists of two stages: absolute orientation and depth recovery. In the first stage, Umeyama's algorithm is used to fit the three-dimensional (3D) model set and estimate the 3D point set while in the second stage, the depths of the observed feature points are estimated. This procedure is repeated until the result converges. Moreover, the effectiveness and convergence of the proposed algorithm are verified through theoretical analysis and mathematical simulation.     

用于无人直升机着舰控制的计算机视觉技术研究

 通过理论分析和计算机半实物仿真研究了一种应用于无人直升机自主着舰的双目立体计算机视觉系统及相关计算机视觉技术。研究了基于HSV 均匀色标的计算机视觉技术在无人直升机着舰控制中的应用。使用Hough 变换算法检测直线参数,在Hough 变换中利用梯度信息,它的应用打破了Hough 变换的计算瓶颈。整套算法的抗噪声能力很强,达到了无人直升机自主着舰的实时性和实用性要求。     

计算机视觉在无人机着陆中的应用

介绍了计算机视觉的定义和视觉系统的软硬件组成，总结了视觉导航在旋翼无人机着陆方面的研究现状，并对视觉导航在固定翼无人机着陆中的应用给予初步分析和介绍。     

一种基于亚像素匹配的高精度视觉定位方法

大多数应用到无人机景象匹配导航中的匹配算法都只能满足像素级精度,且当无人机利用景象匹配定位时图像之间往往存在较大的视觉差异,这种情况下图像匹配精度低且性能会急剧下降。所以选用具有仿射不变特性的特征点进行匹配,结合高斯亚像素拟合原理及特征描述符简化方法,并采用渐进采样一致性(PROSAC)算法剔除误匹配点,最终实现亚像素级的景象匹配定位。实验结果表明,采用此方法可以大大提高图像匹配的精度,提高到0.05像素以内。     

模型直升机自主返回系统的设计与实现

设计了一架具有自主返回模块和增稳模块的模型直升机。该直升机硬件电路以C8051F020单片机作为机载部分控制器,使用MEMS陀螺仪和MEMS~JI速度计测量姿态信息,运用无线收发模块实现和地面站的通信。文章介绍了模型直升机系统的软件流程和实现,用系统辨识法分通道建立了直升机模型,设计了直升机的增稳控制模块。设计的模型直升机可完成悬停、返回、着陆等简单的自主飞行任务,为后续舰载小型模型直升机自主起降开发与验证平台的研制奠定了基础。     

无人直升机视觉着陆中的运动状态估计算法

对无人直升机(UH)视觉着陆中基于视觉图像处理的运动状态估计问题进行了研究。介绍了视觉着陆原理,分析了运动估计、特征图像处理与着陆控制间的关系,推导并建立了UH相对着陆平台位姿估计算法、线速度与角速度估计算法。相邻两帧图像对应特征点像点位置为位姿估计算法提供数据,一帧图像特征点像点位置及其对应像点平移速度为线速度与角速度估计算法提供数据。利用UH着陆控制仿真数据模拟UH着陆运动过程中像点位置及其对应平移速度的视觉图像处理结果。仿真验证了运动状态估计算法,结果表明所提出的运动状态估计算法能有效地利用视觉图像处理结果数据估计出UH的位置、姿态、线速度和角速度。     

无人机自动着陆中的机器视觉辅助技术

设计了一套辅助无人机自动着陆的机器视觉系统。该系统由机载硬件设备和用户开发软件共同组成,用以完成数字图像处理任务和无人机运动参数估计任务。系统传感器包括一个单目摄像机和机载惯性陀螺;数字图像处理使用的主要算法有图像的轮廓提取、角点检测和模版匹配。基于角点处各个方向上灰度差变化较大的特征,依据最小核值相似(SUSAN)算法和角点几何结构分析,提出一种改进的角点特征提取算法;根据任务开发的位置参数估计算法依据摄像机透视投影理论,运用摄像机成像标定方法导出了一种高精度的位置测量模型。通过计算机仿真表明,所提出的计算机视觉位置参数估计算法可以达到无人机着陆过程的精度要求。     

Use of land＇s cooperative object to estimate UAV＇s pose for autonomous landing

The research of unmanned aerial vehicles＇（UAVs＇）autonomy navigation and landing guidance with computer vision has important signifcance.However,because of the image blurring,the position of the cooperative points cannot be obtained accurately,and the pose estimation algorithms based on the feature points have low precision.In this research,the pose estimation algorithm of UAV is proposed based on feature lines of the cooperative object for autonomous landing.This method uses the actual shape of the cooperative-target on ground and the principle of vanishing line.Roll angle is calculated from the vanishing line.Yaw angle is calculated from the location of the target in the image.Finally,the remaining extrinsic parameters are calculated by the coordinates transformation.Experimental results show that the pose estimation algorithm based on line feature has a higher precision and is more reliable than the pose estimation algorithm based on points feature.Moreover,the error of the algorithm we proposed is small enough when the UAV is near to the landing strip,and it can meet the basic requirements of UAV＇s autonomous landing.     

行人导航系统中的MEMS误差在线修正技术

在基于微惯性器件的行人导航系统中,陀螺仪和加速度计的偏移是降低系统定位精度的重要因素。传统的标定方法大多在实验室中进行,后续导航解算都是基于标定后的固定模型,然而MEMS器件长时间工作后,标定模型参数发生变化会导致系统导航性能下降。通过分析行人导航系统及MEMS器件的特点,提出了一种基于误差模型的MEMS器件参数在线修正方法。根据行人行走的特点,检测并区分行走过程中的可修正区间与不修正区间。在可修正区间基于逆向解算算法实现了对陀螺仪和加速度计零偏的在线修正,并提出了主航向反馈修正算法,提高了行人导航系统长时间导航性能。实验结果表明,40m行走实验中,系统定位精度提升了9.07%;300m行走实验中,系统定位精度提升了13.14%。     

飞机尾旋三维测量试验的改进方法

飞机尾旋试验是研究飞机进入尾旋特征以及提出如何改出尾旋的方法。传统测量飞机尾旋运动姿态的实验自动化程度低、人工操作复杂费时,因此针对这些问题开发了一套基于特征点测量的改进方法。主要是基于机器视觉的三维测量原理,能动态测量飞机模型的三维特征点并计算出模型的各个姿态角度。在标记检测时采用了新的标记检测方法,提高了标记布局及图像识别的灵活度;姿态角的计算是根据坐标系转换而得到的。根据改进方法研制的系统操作简单、整个测量过程只需30min左右;并且数据有效率控制在90％以上;姿态角的精度控制在±1°以内。该系统在中国空气动力研究与发展中心立式风洞中的飞机自由尾旋实验中得到了很好的应用。     

Vision-aided inertial navigation for pinpoint planetary landing

Autonomous and safe landing spacecraft on moon and planetary bodies is a rather difficult and risky task. Accurate relative navigation between the spacecraft and the planetary surface is essential, together with the autonomous hazard detection and avoidance. This paper describes the vision-aided inertial navigation (VAIN) scheme to meet the pinpoint landing requirement of the next generation planetary lander. Images of distinctive surface feature called feature points/landmarks are detected and tracked autonomously to improve the performance of inertial navigation. Landmark image information derived from optical navigation camera and the spacecraft state information sensed by IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) are integrated in extended Kalman filter algorithm. The validity of the proposed navigation scheme is confirmed by computer simulation.     

Design and Development of a Real-Time DSP and FPGA-Based Integrated GPS-INS System for Compact and Low Power Applications

Emphasis of the present work is on an elegant real-time solution for GPS/INS integration. Micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) based inertial sensors are light but not accurate enough for inertial navigation system (INS) applications. An integrated INS/GPS system provides better accuracy compared with either INS or GPS, used individually. This paper describes an improved design and fabrication of a loosely coupled INS-GPS integrated system. The systems currently available use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and are, therefore, not optimized for compact, single supply, and low power requirements. In the proposed system, a digital signal processor (DSP) is used for inertial navigation solution and Kalman filter computations. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is used for creating an efficient interface of the GPS with the DSP. Direct serial interface of the GPS involve tedious processing overhead on the navigation processor. Therefore, a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) and dual port random axis memory (DPRAM) are created on the FPGA itself. This also reduces the total chip count, resulting in a compact system. The system is designed to give real time processed navigation solutions with an update rate of 100 Hz. All the details of this work are presented.     

基于零速修正的行人导航关键技术及研究进展

在室内等卫星导航受限场景下，可采用MEMS惯性传感器对行人进行自主导航定位。采用MEMS惯性传感器的行人自主导航技术主要包括基于步长估计的行人航位推算和基于零速修正的行人导航算法两种方式。首先介绍了两种方式的基本原理，然后重点分析了零速修正的行人导航算法，阐述了相关的关键技术和研究进展。最后，对行人自主导航未来的发展趋势进行了展望，并指出了需要重点关注的技术难点。     

一种基于张氏标定法的单目相机改进标定算法

单目视觉在地面机器人等无人导航系统中的应用越来越广泛,而相机参数的标定是利用视觉进行导航的基础性工作。标定结果的好坏,直接影响导航性能和定位精度。主要考虑单目相机的径向畸变,基于张正友平面标定法,通过利用Matlab进行图像预处理、利用OpenCV进行Harris角点检测和亚像素精确化等方法在角点提取精度等方面进行了改进,通过重投影法对标定结果进行了评估,并将其与Matlab相机标定工具箱Toolbox_calib所得结果进行了比较。实验结果表明,改进的标定算法标定结果精度更高,并且对多个摄像头传感器均有效,适用性强。     

仿生导航技术综述

仿生导航技术是一种模仿动物导航机理的新型导航技术,涉及认知科学、机器学习、计算机视觉和信息融合等多个学科。仿生导航因具有自主性好、自适应性强等特点,近年来成为了导航领域的研究热点之一。首先阐述了仿生导航的内涵,然后从仿生导航传感器技术和仿生导航方法两个方面简要介绍了国内外研究现状和发展趋势。其中,仿生导航传感器技术包括了仿生光罗盘、仿生磁罗盘、仿生复眼等内容;仿生导航方法主要涉及导航经验知识的表达与机器学习、仿生多源异质导航信息融合、面向任务的仿生路径规划与导航等。最后,对仿生导航技术进行了总结,并对未来发展进行了展望。     

星座自主导航可视化仿真与分析系统的研制

近年来,星座自主导航技术在卫星自主导航领域越来越引起人们的关注。为更好地研究星座自主导航方法,本文从数据分析、视景仿真和导航解算三个方面论述了星座自主导航视景仿真系统的实现过程。该仿真系统采用ADO技术、OpenGL技术和MATCOM软件来分别实现数据分析模块、视景仿真模块和星座自主导航解算。实验结果表明,软件最终达到了集数据分析、视景仿真和导航解算于一体的仿真效果。     

Aperture error mitigation via local-state estimation for frequency-based emitter location

This paper considers the problem of locating a stationary coherent emitter via a single moving platform making frequency measurements in the presence of aperture state uncertainty. It is shown that the estimated emitter location is most sensitive to the receiving aperture velocity uncertainty. The required aperture velocity accuracy is determined through a noninfinitesimal perturbation analysis. A solution to location accuracy enhancement with a minimal hardware addition is attempted. It is shown that this can be achieved by mounting a high-resolution tri-axis microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer at the aperture to measure its velocity, which can deviate significantly from that estimated by the on-board navigation system. The Doppler shifts of the GPS signal carrier frequency, whenever it can be acquired through the aperture, are also considered as a way to aid the aperture velocity measurement. A decentralized, federated processing method for the aperture velocity estimate referenced at the aperture, integrating all measurement data, is presented. An upper bound for the error of aperture velocity estimate is derived. The potential for significant accuracy enhancement for emitter location is demonstrated.     

Automotive-grade MEMS sensors used for general aviation

The attitude heading reference system (AHRS) provides data for primary flight instruments, head-up displays, autopilots, and moving map navigation systems. Advances in solid-state MEMS rate sensors, coupled with Kalman filter algorithms designed to mitigate high drift rates, provide the basis for low-cost, high-performance AHRS for general aviation. This paper describes the performance of a low cost, miniaturized AHRS using automotive-grade MEMS sensors. The performance of the system is detailed. The implications for certification of this class of system and fault tolerance are discussed.