A dual pixel-type array for imaging and motion centroid localization

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 529-548

  Clapp, Matthew A ^b   Etienne Cummings, Ralph ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor (APS); Focal plane processing; Image motion analysis; Image processing; Image sensors; Intelligent sensors; Machine vision; Optical imaging; Robot vision systems; Smart pixels; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR (APS); FOCAL PLANE PROCESSING; IMAGE MOTION ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; OPTICAL IMAGING; ROBOT VISION SYSTEMS; SMART PIXELS;

ARRAYS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRACKING (POSITION);

MOTION ESTIMATION;

EID: 32344442128     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2002.806894     Document Type: Article

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