Real-time feature matching in image sequences for non-structured environments. Applications to vehicle guidance

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-123

  Ferruz, Joaquín ^a   Ollero, Aníbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTION PLANNING; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PATTERN MATCHING; TRACKING (POSITION);

FEATURE MATCHING; IMAGE SEQUENCES; NONSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS; POSITION ESTIMATION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033706406     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008163332131     Document Type: Article

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