Performance of color camera machine vision in automated furniture rough mill systems

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 38-45

  Kline, D Earl ^a,e   Widoyoko, Agus ^b,e   Wiedenseck, Janice K ^c,e   Araman, Philip A ^d,e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Samarinda Forest Senior High School   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0002549267     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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