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Unmanned Ground Vehicle Perception Using Thermal Infrared CamerasTIR cameras can be used for day/night Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) autonomous navigation when stealth is required. The quality of uncooled TIR cameras has significantly improved over the last decade, making them a viable option at low speed Limiting factors for stereo ranging with uncooled LWIR cameras are image blur and low texture scenes TIR perception capabilities JPL has explored includes: (1) single and dual band TIR terrain classification (2) obstacle detection (pedestrian, vehicle, tree trunks, ditches, and water) (3) perception thru obscurants
Document ID
20120013801
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Presentation
External Source(s)
Authors
Rankin, Arturo
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Huertas, Andres
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Matthies, Larry
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bajracharya, Max
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Assad, Christopher
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brennan, Shane
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bellut, Paolo
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Sherwin, Gary
(General Dynamics Robotic Systems Westminister, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
April 27, 2011
Subject Category
Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing Symposium
Location: Orlando, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: April 27, 2011
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
calibration
stereo vision
thermal infrared
passive perception
terrain classification

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