A SONAR simulation used to develop an obstacle avoidance system

OCEANS 2006 - Asia Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bouxsein, Philip ^a   An, Edgar ^a   Schock, Steven ^a   Beaujean, Pierre Philippe ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; PROCESSING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SONAR; TRANSDUCERS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUVS); CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS; OBSTACLE-AVOIDANCE SYSTEM; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; SECURITY PROBLEMS; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; U.S. COAST GUARDS; UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 50249132110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSAP.2006.4393964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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