Visual attention control for nuclear power plant inspection

Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 118-123

  Kita, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAMERAS; INSPECTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; STEREO VISION;

ACTIVE SENSOR; ACTIVE VISION SYSTEM; DYNAMIC FEATURES; FIELD OF VIEWS; INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS; INSPECTION ROBOTS; INSPECTION TASKS; VISUAL ATTENTION;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0344955723     PISSN: 10514651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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