R. Mukundan et Kr. Ramakrishnan, A QUATERNION SOLUTION TO THE POSE DETERMINATION PROBLEM FOR RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING SIMULATIONS, Mathematics and computers in simulation, 39(1-2), 1995, pp. 143-153
This paper presents the mathematical framework for the attitude and po
sition estimation of an object from its image using three point corres
pondence information. A closed-form solution for the pose determinatio
n problem is derived by representing the relative attitude parameters
using quaternions. The quaternion elements can be used to model the ou
tputs of a vision sensor in attitude control simulations for the final
approach phase of a rendezvous and docking mission. The algorithm has
been validated with real images of a scaled model of the target featu
res in a vision system test facility. Simulation results showing the c
omparison between the actual and estimated pose parameters are include
d.