Autonomous docking based on infrared system for electric vehicle charging in urban areas

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2645-2663

  Pérez, Joshué ^a   Nashashibi, Fawzi ^a   Lefaudeux, Benjamin ^a   Resende, Paulo ^a   Pollard, Evangeline ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomous parking; Docking system; Electric vehicle; Lateral control; Vision systems

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CONTROLLERS; AUTONOMOUS DOCKING; AUTONOMOUS PARKING; DOCKING SYSTEM; ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING; LATERAL CONTROL; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; VISION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER VISION; DOCKING; EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INFRARED DEVICES; MASS TRANSPORTATION; NOISE POLLUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VISUAL SERVOING;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

EID: 84875189491     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130202645     Document Type: Article

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