Biomimetic sonar locates and recognizes objects

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 616-624

  Kuc, Roman ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f Intelligent Sensors Laboratory   (United States)

^g New York Academy of Science   (India)

Author keywords

Biosonar; Echolocation; Intelligent sensors; Object recognition; Robotics; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; BIOLOGY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEATURE EXTRACTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRANSMITTERS;

BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION PRINCIPLES; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMIMETIC SONAR; ECHOLOCATION;

SONAR;

EID: 0031246344     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.650828     Document Type: Article

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