Robot vision robust to changes of lighting conditions using a wide-dynamic-range visual sensor

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 34-40

  Yamada, Keiichi ^a   Nakano, Tomoaki ^a   Yamamoto, Shin ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic range; Lighting variation; Positioning; Robot vision; Robustness

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; POSITION CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); VIDEO CAMERAS;

GRAY SCALE PATTERN MATCHING;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0031189092     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6416(19970730)120:2<34::aid-eej5>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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