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Computer vision based guidance in UAVs: software engineering challenges

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Vindhya Malagi,

Krishnan Rangarajan,

Ramesh BabuAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 35, Issue 6

Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1874391.1874399

Published: 27 November 2010 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the key functional and quality attribute requirements and the associated design challenges in engineering a computer vision guided UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) system. The non-functional requirements of the UAV system as a wholeare identified and mapped to the computer vision subsystem which aids in the navigation process. Expectations on availability, reliability, performance, security and evolution of the vision subsystemare discussed and the related software design challenges elaborated

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Chowdhury MCleland-Huang J(2023)Engineering Challenges for AI-Supported Computer Vision in Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems2023 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Conference on AI Engineering – Software Engineering for AI (CAIN)10.1109/CAIN58948.2023.00033(158-170)Online publication date: May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/CAIN58948.2023.00033
Bhat SMalagi VRamesh Babu DRamakrishna KRavishankar M(2011)Scale weight selection for feature extraction using complex wavelets: A framework2011 International Conference on Image Information Processing10.1109/ICIIP.2011.6108960(1-5)Online publication date: Nov-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIP.2011.6108960

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 35, Issue 6

November 2010

132 pages

ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1874391

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Chowdhury MCleland-Huang J(2023)Engineering Challenges for AI-Supported Computer Vision in Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems2023 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Conference on AI Engineering – Software Engineering for AI (CAIN)10.1109/CAIN58948.2023.00033(158-170)Online publication date: May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/CAIN58948.2023.00033
Bhat SMalagi VRamesh Babu DRamakrishna KRavishankar M(2011)Scale weight selection for feature extraction using complex wavelets: A framework2011 International Conference on Image Information Processing10.1109/ICIIP.2011.6108960(1-5)Online publication date: Nov-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIIP.2011.6108960

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