A ring sensor system using a modified polar coordinate system to describe the shape of irregular objects

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1228-1235

  Gall, Hartmut ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EDGE DETECTION; INFRARED RADIATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRANSMITTERS; VECTORS;

MODIFIED POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEMS; RING SENSOR SYSTEMS; TRIGONOMETRICAL FUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031276229     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/8/11/028     Document Type: Article

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