Surface type classification with a laser range finder

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1160-1168

  Kirchner, Nathan ^a   Liu, Dikai ^a   Dissanayake, Gamini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laser range finder; Material type identification; Optical diffusion; Optical reflection

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; BRIDGE STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GRIT BLASTING; LASER RANGE FINDERS; OPTICAL DIFFUSION; OPTICAL REFLECTION; PLANAR PATCH; RANGE ERROR; SURFACE CLASSIFICATION;

RADAR EQUIPMENT; RANGE FINDING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SURFACES;

EID: 80053322552     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2027413     Document Type: Article

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