Water surface level profile estimation by image analysis with varying overhead camera posture angle

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hwung, H H ^a   Kuo, C A ^a   Chien, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic tangent function; Image processing; Threshold method; Waves profile

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; ERRORS; GAGES; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METADATA; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPOT WELDING; WATER WAVES;

DIGITAL CCD CAMERA; HYPERBOLIC TANGENT FUNCTION; IMAGE DETECTION; PIXEL RESOLUTION; PROFILE ESTIMATION; SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION; THRESHOLD METHODS; WAVE HEIGHT MEASUREMENT;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 70350694425     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/7/075104     Document Type: Article

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