Human detection using thermopiles

5th Latin American Robotic Symposium, LARS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 151-157

  Honorato, José Luis ^a   Spiniak, Ignacio ^a   Torres Torriti, Miguel ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DETECTORS; ROBOTICS; TEMPERATURE; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; PASSIVE INFRARED SENSORS; PEDESTRIAN DETECTION; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; SIMPLE APPROACH; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMOPILE SENSORS; VISION-BASED METHODS;

THERMOPILES;

EID: 67649874963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LARS.2008.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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