High resolution simultaneous dual liquid level measurement system with CMOS camera and FPGA hardware processor

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 201, Issue , 2013, Pages 468-476

  Lorenz, M G ^a   Mengibar Pozo, L ^a   Izquierdo Gil, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CMOS image area sensor; Computer vision; FPGA; Image processing; Liquid level measurement; Membrane distillation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; AREA SENSORS; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; HIGH PRECISION SYSTEMS; LIQUID LEVEL MEASUREMENTS; LOW OPERATING TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER VISION; DISTILLATION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOURCE SEPARATION;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84883495169     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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