Combining invariant features and localization techniques for visual place classification: Successful experiences in the robotVision@ImageCLEF competition

Journal of Physical Agents

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-54

  Martinez Gomezjesus, Jesus ^a   Jimenez Picazo, Alejando ^a   Gamez, Jose A ^a   Garcia Varea, Ismael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN INFORMÁTICA DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Place recognition; Robot localization; Semantic place representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955027907     PISSN: 18880258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14198/jopha.2011.5.1.06     Document Type: Article

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