Tracking and modeling of human activity using laser rangefinders

International Journal of Social Robotics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-107

  Panangadan, Anand ^a   Matarić, Maja ^b   Sukhatme, Gaurav S ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity recognition; Interaction; Laser rangefinder; Markov models; Tracking

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RANGE FINDERS; SOCIAL ROBOTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; INTERACTION; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; LASER RANGE FINDERS; MARKOV MODEL; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; SPECIFIC INTERACTION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 78650620178     PISSN: 18754791     EISSN: 18754805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-009-0043-1     Document Type: Article

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