Laser-triangulation optical-correlation sensor for ROV slow motion estimation

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-727

  Caccia, Massimo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mobile robots; Motion estimation; Underwater vision

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE SENSORS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; TRIANGULATION; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

LASER-TRIANGULATION OPTICAL-CORRELATION SENSOR; UNDERWATER VISION;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 33947425990     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2005.858357     Document Type: Article

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