Imaging laser radar for high-speed monitoring of the environment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3207, Issue , 1998, Pages 50-64

  Frohlich C ^a   Mettenleiter, M ^a   Haertl, F ^a  

^a Zoller Fröhlich GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active vision; Environmental monitoring; Geometric inspection; Imaging; Ladar; Laser radar; Laser scanner; Lidar; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; INFRARED DEVICES; INSPECTION; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RADAR; PAPER; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; REFLECTION; SCANNING; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACES; SURVEYS; TARGETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVE VISION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOMETRIC INSPECTION; IMAGING; LADAR; LASER RADAR; LASER SCANNER; LIDAR; VISUAL INSPECTION;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 57649179691     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.300873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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