A guidance-assistance system for agricultural vehicles

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-51

  Debain, C ^a   Chateau, T ^a   Berducat, M ^a   Martinet, P ^b   Bonton, P ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LASMEA   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural vehicles; Control; Guidance system; Image processing; Texture analysis; Visual servoing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL THEORY; EDGE DETECTION; GROUND VEHICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING; SERVOMECHANISMS;

AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 0034120857     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(99)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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