Ultrasonic Vehicle Detector for Side-Fire Implementation and Extensive Results Including Harsh Conditions

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 127-134

  Kim, Hyungjin ^a   Lee, Joo Hyung ^a,b   Kim, Sung Wook ^a   Ko, Jae In ^b   Cho, Dongil ^a,c,d,e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Bluebirdsoft Inc   (South Korea)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control and instrumentation; Side fire implementation; Ultrasonic vehicle detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346510555     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6979.954546     Document Type: Article

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