Systems, control models, and codec for collaborative observation of remote environments with an autonomous networked robotic camera

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-449

  Song, Dezhen ^a   Qin, Ni ^a   Goldberg, Ken ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame selection; Networked cameras; Panorama video; Tele robot

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBOTICS;

FRAME SELECTION; NETWORKED CAMERAS; PANORAMA VIDEO; TELE-ROBOT;

DIGITAL CAMERAS;

EID: 40249089761     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-008-9089-4     Document Type: Article

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