Active vision for door localization and door opening using playbot: A computer controlled wheelchair for people with mobility impairments

Proceedings of the 5th Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, CRV 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-10

  Andreopoulos, Alexander ^a   Tsotsos, John K ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SENSORS; WHEELCHAIRS;

ACTIVE VISION; COMPUTER AND ROBOT VISION; COMPUTER CONTROLLED; DOOR FRAME; FIELD OF VIEWS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH; SINGLE CAMERAS; VISION-BASED; VISION-BASED SENSORS;

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EID: 52049109642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CRV.2008.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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