Vision-based autonomous land vehicle guidance in outdoor road environments using combined line and road following techniques

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 711-728

  Chen, Kuang Hsiung ^a   Tsai, Wen Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

GROUND VEHICLE GUIDANCE;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 0031246966     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199710)14:10<711::AID-ROB2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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