Improving depth image acquisition using polarized light

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-109

  Wallace, A M ^a   Liang, B ^a   Trucco, E ^a   Clark, J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANGE FINDERS;

DEPTH IMAGE ACQUISITION; LASER RANGEFINDERS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0032598762     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008154415349     Document Type: Article

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