A method for estimating the motion of a marine remotely operated vehicle using an underwater vision system

Hammad Ahmad, Jonathan Horgan, Daniel Toal, Edin Omerdic, Sean Nolan

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Abstract

This paper outlines a methodology for estimating translational and rotational velocities in the 2D plane using a vision system in near seabed operations. The feature detection across consecutive camera frames is done using the Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) in Matlab. The estimated translational and rotational velocities from this vision based motion detection system can be used as aiding for inertial navigation systems, e.g. iXsea Photonic Inertial Navigation System (PHINS), to improve the near sea bed navigation performance for Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010
Pages48-52
Number of pages5
Edition4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
EventUKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010 - Coventry, United Kingdom
Duration: 7 Sep 201010 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameIET Seminar Digest
Number4
Volume2010

Conference

ConferenceUKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCoventry
Period7/09/1010/09/10

Keywords

  • ROV navigation
  • SIFT
  • Vision

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