Fast measurement of automotive headlamps based on high dynamic range imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 6870-6880

  Wu, Hsien Huang P ^a   Lee, Yi Ping ^a   Chang, Shih Hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FAST MEASUREMENT; GONIOPHOTOMETER; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING; LATERAL ILLUMINATION; POINT APPROACH;

HEADLIGHTS;

EID: 84867029037     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006870     Document Type: Article

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