Comparing global measures of image similarity for use in topological localization of mobile robots

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 913-918

  Ferdaus, Syeda Nusrat ^a   Vardy, Andrew ^a   Mann, George ^a   Gosine, Ray ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayes filter; Localization; Mobile robot; Omnidirectional images

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TOPOLOGY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BAYES FILTER; BAYES FILTERING; CATADIOPTRIC VISION; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING; GLOBAL MEASURES; IMAGE SIMILARITIES; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE ROBOT; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGES; REAL IMAGES; TOPOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION; TRAINING IMAGES;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51849088296     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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