A guidance directrix approach to vision-based vehicle guidance systems

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-195

  Han, S ^a   Zhang, Q ^b   Ni, B ^c   Reid, J F ^d  

^a John Deere Ag Management Solutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CNH Global   (United States)

^d DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic guidance; Image processing; Machine vision; Tractor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; GROUND VEHICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

AGRICULTURE VEHICLES; CORN FIELD;

AGRICULTURE;

COMPUTER VISION;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442583308     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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