A multi-sensor approach to automating co-ordinate measuring machine-based reverse engineering

Computers in Industry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-115

  Chan, V H ^a   Bradley, C ^b   Vickers, G W ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; CMM programming; Machine vision; Neural networks; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES (CMM); MULTI-SENSOR METHOD;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0035283530     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-3615(00)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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