Surface detection using a phase-shift laser range finder and neural network

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Gatet, Laurent ^a   Tap Béteille, Hélène ^a   Lescure, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Laser range finder; Multilayer perceptron; Neural network; Surface detection

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL RADAR; RANGE FINDERS; TARGET TRACKING;

INCIDENCE ANGLE; PHASE-SHIFT LASER RANGE FINDER; PHOTOELETRIC SIGNAL; SURFACE DETECTION;

IMAGE RECOGNITION;

EID: 34547980579     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2757117     Document Type: Article

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