Distance measurement based on pixel variation of CCD images

ISA Transactions

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-395

  Hsu, Chen Chien ^a   Lu, Ming Chih ^b   Wang, Wei Yen ^a   Lu, Yin Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CCD images; Digital cameras; Distance measurement; Image based measuring systems; Pixels; Video signal

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

CCD IMAGES; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; DESIGNATED POINTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD; MEASURING DISTANCES; MEASURING SYSTEMS; REFERENCE POINTS; VIDEO SIGNAL;

PIXELS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 68949178681     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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