Optimized sensor placement for active visual inspection

Journal of Robotic Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Yang, Christopher C ^a   Ciarallo, Frank W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ACTIVE VISUAL INSPECTION; CAMERA RESOLUTION; OPTIMIZED SENSOR PLANNING SYSTEMS; QUANTIZATION ERRORS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 0035152472     PISSN: 07412223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4563(200101)18:1<1::AID-ROB1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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