# Autonomous UAV Landing System Based on Visual Navigation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13174 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1910.13174/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 29 Oct 2019.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Confidence-Gated Vision-Only Heading Alignment for UAV-UGV Cooperative Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.18713/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper, we present an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing system based on visual navigation. We design the landmark as a topological pattern in order to enable the UAV to distinguish the landmark from the environment easily. In addition, a dynamic thresholding method is developed for image binarization to improve detection efficiency. The relative distance in the horizontal plane is calculated according to effective image information, and the relative height is obtained using a linear interpolation method. The landing experiments are performed on a static and a moving platform, respectively. The experimental results illustrate that our proposed landing system performs robustly and accurately.