FPGA-based relative distance estimation for indoor robot control using monocular digital camera

Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 714-721

  Yu, Ying Hao ^a   Vo Ky, Chau ^b   Kodagoda, Sarath ^a   Ha, Quang Phuc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

FPGA; Multirobot system; Perspective projection image; Relative distance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958055341     PISSN: 13430130     EISSN: 18838014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jaciii.2010.p0714     Document Type: Article

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