SCARF: A Color Vision System that Tracks Roads and Intersections

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 49-58

  Thorpe, Charles E ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE SENSORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BAYESIAN CLASSIFICATION; ROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; ROBOT VEHICLES;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 0027540993     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.210794     Document Type: Article

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