Function from visual analysis and physical interaction: A methodology for recognition of generic classes of objects

Image and Vision Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 745-763

  Sutton, Melanie ^a   Stark, Louise ^b   Bowyer, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Generic recognition; GRUFF I; Physical interaction; Robotics; Visual analysis

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ROBOTS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOTICS;

GENERIC RECOGNITION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0032136978     PISSN: 02628856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0262-8856(98)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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