Smooth vision-based autonomous land vehicle navigation in indoor environments by person following using sequential pattern recognition

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 249-262

  Ku, Ching Heng ^a   Tsai, Wen Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTION PLANNING; NAVIGATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AUTONOMOUS LAND VEHICLE; SEQUENTIAL PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0032656976     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4563(199905)16:5<249::AID-ROB1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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