Real-time obstacle detection for an autonomous wheelchair using stereoscopic cameras

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4775-4778

  Nguyen, Thanh H ^b   Nguyen, Jordan S ^b   Pham, Due M ^b   Nguyen, Hung T ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WHEELCHAIRS;

OPTIMAL DISPARITY; STEREOSCOPIC CAMERAS; SUM OF ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES (SAD);

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CYBERNETICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHOTOGRAPHY; WHEELCHAIR;

ALGORITHMS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CYBERNETICS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHOTOGRAPHY; VISION DISPARITY; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 57649243886     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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