Multisensor-based human detection and tracking for mobile service robots

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-181

  Bellotto, Nicola ^a   Hu, Huosheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leg detection; People tracking; Sensor fusion; Service robotics; Unscented Kalman filter (UKF)

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; KALMAN FILTERS; LASERS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NONLINEAR FILTERING; ROBOT LEARNING; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LEG DETECTION; PEOPLE TRACKING; SENSOR FUSION; SERVICE ROBOTICS; UNSCENTED KALMAN FILTER (UKF);

ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACE; HUMAN; LASER; LEG; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FACE; HUMANS; LASERS; LEG; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; ROBOTICS;

EID: 61549095815     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2008.2004050     Document Type: Article

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