Optical correlation techniques applied to spacecraft docking

John Outerbridge II; Don A. Gregory

doi:10.1117/12.667655

17 April 2006 Optical correlation techniques applied to spacecraft docking

John Outerbridge II, Don A. Gregory

Proceedings Volume 6245, Optical Pattern Recognition XVII; 62450H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667655
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

Established optical correlation techniques will be applied to the problem of pose estimation of spacecraft for autonomous rendezvous and docking. The problem is substantially similar to the recognition and tracking of hostile targets in military applications. The historically deep knowledge base in this area will be exploited for the current investigation so that important discoveries will not have to be reinvented. It is expected that this problem should be somewhat better behaved since the "target" is cooperative and not actively in opposition to being found or recognized. The goal of this investigation is to determine the parameters of interest and to construct somewhat meaningful demonstrations of techniques that could be used for this optical approach to a computationally intense digital problem.

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John Outerbridge II and Don A. Gregory "Optical correlation techniques applied to spacecraft docking", Proc. SPIE 6245, Optical Pattern Recognition XVII, 62450H (17 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.667655

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