Measuring range using a triangulation sensor with variable geometry

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-68

  Clark, Jim ^a   Wallace, Andrew M ^a   Pronzato, Gianni L ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depth sensing; Elliptical geometry; Occlusion; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; MIRRORS;

DEPTH SENSING; TRIANGULATION SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0032000493     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.660843     Document Type: Article

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