Multi-sensor person following in low-visibility scenarios

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 10953-10966

  Sales, Jorge ^a   Maŕn, Rául ^a   Cervera, Enric ^a   Rodŕiguez, Sergio ^a   Ṕerez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laser rangefinder; Low visibility; Risky environment; Smoke; TDoA; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SENSORS; LASER RANGE FINDERS; LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS; LOW-VISIBILITY; PERSON FOLLOWING; RISKY ENVIRONMENT; ROBOT NAVIGATION; TDOA;

COMPUTER VISION; RANGE FINDERS; SMOKE; ULTRASONICS; VISIBILITY;

SENSORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; FIRE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RESCUE WORK; ROBOTICS; SMOKE; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RESCUE WORK; ROBOTICS; SMOKE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 78650262911     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101210953     Document Type: Article

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