Self-calibration for a 3D laser

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 675-687

  Sheehan, Mark ^a   Harrison, Alastair ^a   Newman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; calibration; density estimation; entropy; extrinsic; Gaussian Mixture Model; intrinsic; laser scanner; Parzen window; point cloud quality; R nyi Quadratic Entropy; robotics; SICK LMS151; simulation; temporal

Indexed keywords

3D; DENSITY ESTIMATION; EXTRINSIC; GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL; INTRINSIC; LASER SCANNER; PARZEN WINDOWS; POINT CLOUD; QUADRATIC ENTROPY; SICK LMS151; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL;

CALIBRATION; ENTROPY; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84860211004     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364911429475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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