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A computer vision system for navigation of ground vehicles: Hardware and software

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Computer vision hardware and software for navigation and mapping are discussed. The system includes two video cameras. The main features of the software used for calculation and visualization of the library are described in sufficient detail. A method for calibration of a computer vision system using a pair of images with several calibration patterns is presented. The testing equipment for estimation of accuracy in determining navigation parameters with the computer vision system is considered. The results are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Engineering Physics, Serpukhov, Russia

    A. G. Bukin & R. N. Sadekov

  2. Peter the Great Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces, Branch in Serpukhov, Serpukhov, Russia

    A. S. Lychagov

  3. Cognitive Technologies, Moscow, Russia

    O. A. Slavin

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Published in Giroskopiya i Navigatsiya, 2015, No. 2, pp. 58–66.

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Bukin, A.G., Lychagov, A.S., Sadekov, R.N. et al. A computer vision system for navigation of ground vehicles: Hardware and software. Gyroscopy Navig. 7, 66–71 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S207510871601003X

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