Improved range estimation using simple infrared sensors without prior knowledge of surface characteristics

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1395-1409

  Yüzbaşioǧlu, Çaǧri ^a   Barshan, Billur ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infrared sensors; Optical sensing; Phong illumination model; Position estimation; Range measurement; Surface localization

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR CORRECTION; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

INFRARED SENSORS; PLANAR SURFACES; POSITION ESTIMATION;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 21344442854     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/7/001     Document Type: Article

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