Robust real-time detection of an underwater pipeline

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-268

  Zingaretti, Primo ^a   Zanoli, Silvia Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active vision; Image understanding; Kalman filter; Object tracking; Real time imaging; Remotely operated vehicle (ROV); Underwater vision; Vision based guidance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; KALMAN FILTERING; MOTION PICTURE CAMERAS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE PIPELINES;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES (ROV); UNDERWATER VISION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0032041493     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-1976(97)00001-8     Document Type: Article

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