Multiple camera image interface for assisting in the control of mobile robots

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-53

  Matsumoto, Kohsei ^a   Ota, Jun ^b   Arai, Tamio ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human robot interface; Image relationship; Multiple camera images; Overlapped area; Rough route

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

HUMAN-ROBOT INTERFACE; IMAGE RELATIONSHIP; MULTIPLE CAMERA IMAGES; OVERLAPPED AREA; ROUGH ROUTE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 13444251227     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568553053020278     Document Type: Article

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