An ultrasonic sensor for distance measurement in automotive applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-147

  Carullo, Alessio ^a,b   Parvis, Marco ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic devices; Distance measurement; Intelligent sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144294298     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2001.936931     Document Type: Article

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