Vision tape-a flexible compound vision sensor for motion detection and proximity estimation

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1131-1139

  Dobrzynski, Michal Karol ^a   Pericet Camara, Ramon ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compound camera; flexible imager; motion parallax; optic flow; pixel regrouping

Indexed keywords

1000 FPS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLEXIBLE IMAGER; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; MOTION DETECTION; MOTION EXTRACTION; MOTION PARALLAX; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTION VECTORS; OPTIC FLOW; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; VISION SENSORS; VISUAL SCENE;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HEAT ENGINES; PIXELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SENSORS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84860003474     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2166760     Document Type: Article

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