Obstacle detection using stereo vision to enhance safety of autonomous machines

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2389-2397

  Wei, J ^a,e   Rovira Mas, F ^b   Reid, J F ^c   Han, S ^d  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

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

^c DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d Deere and Company   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous machine; Obstacle detection; Safety; Stereo vision

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER VISION; MOTION CONTROL; OBSTACLE DETECTORS;

AUTONOMOUS MACHINE; BINOCULAR STEREO CAMERA; SAFETY ACTIONS;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; MOTION; VEHICLES;

EID: 32244445963     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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