Detection of weld position and seam tracking based on Kalman filtering of weld pool images

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Gao, X D ^a   Na, S J ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Detection; Kalman Filter; Seam Tracking; Weld Pool Images; Weld Position

Indexed keywords

DETECTION; SEAM TRACKING; WELD POOL IMAGES; WELD POSITION;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; KALMAN FILTERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEAM WELDING;

TUNGSTEN;

EID: 33744804602     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(06)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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