A bin picking system based on depth from defocus

Machine Vision and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 234-244

  Ghita, Ovidiu ^a   Whelan, Paul F ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Depth from defocus; Edge linking; Eigenimage analysis; Range sensor; Surface matching

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

BIN PICKING SYSTEM;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0035263072     PISSN: 09328092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00138-002-0071-4     Document Type: Review

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