An efficient software simulation of the imaging process for optical navigation is presented, illustrating results using simple examples. The problems of image definition and optical system modeling, including ideal image containing features and realistic models of optical filtering performed by the entire camera system, are examined. A digital signal processing technique is applied to the problem of developing methods of automated optical navigation and the subsequent mathematical formulation is presented. Specific objectives such as an analysis of the effects of camera defocusing on centerfinding of planar targets, addition of noise filtering to the algorithm, and implementation of multiple frame capability were investigated.
A model for testing centerfinding algorithms for automated optical navigation
American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 1979 ; Provincetown, MA
1979-06-01
Conference paper
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English
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