A hamming distance and spearman correlation based star identification algorithm

• Main Authors: Samirbhai, Mehta Deval, Chen, Shoushun, Low, Kay Soon
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Star Identification; Lost-In-Space (LIS) Mode; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85896; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48288
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents a novel star identification algorithm for a 'lost-in-space' mode star tracker. The Spearman-correlation approach provides reliable recognition even when the captured images are swayed and biased from the onboard star pattern database. The hamming distance approach provi...