Machine vision based automated tractor guidance

International Journal of Smart Engineering System Design

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-480

  Rovira Mas F ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Reid, J F ^b   Will, J D ^c  

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

^b DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicle; Image processing; Machine vision; Smart vehicle guidance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; KALMAN FILTERING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE; SMART VEHICLE GUIDANCE; VISION SYSTEM;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 3042528681     PISSN: 10255818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255810390445300     Document Type: Article

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