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Image-guided searching for a landmark

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A novel image-guided structure is proposed for searching a helicopter landing apron. The key feature of the structure is the introduction of a stationary camera placed beneath the helicopter so that it can arrive at the correct place on any apron by image-guided searching. The validity of the proposed image-guided structure is verified by means of a practical test on an experimental ball and plate apparatus. The experimental results validate the superiority and practicality of the image-guided search for landmarks.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, Chienkuo Technology University, No. 1, Chieh Shou N. Rd., Changhua City, Taiwan, ROC

    Chun-Chieh Wang

  2. Graduate School of Engineering Science and Technology (Doctoral Program), National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan, ROC

    Shao-Fan Lien

  3. Department of Management Information System, Far East University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

    Kuo-Hsien Hsia

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan, ROC

    Juhng-Perng Su

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Correspondence to Chun-Chieh Wang.

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This work was presented in part at the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 5–7, 2009

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Wang, CC., Lien, SF., Hsia, KH. et al. Image-guided searching for a landmark. Artif Life Robotics 14, 95–100 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0636-7

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