Obstacle detection in a greenhouse environment using the Kinect sensor

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-115

  Nissimov, Sharon ^a   Goldberger, Jacob ^a   Alchanatis, Victor ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Kinect sensor; Navigation; Obstacle detection; RGB D

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSES; NAVIGATION; OBSTACLE DETECTORS;

COLOR AND TEXTURE FEATURES; DEPTH INFORMATION; FALSE POSITIVE DETECTION; GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT; KINECT SENSORS; OBSTACLE DETECTION; OBSTACLE MAP; SYSTEM USE;

PIXELS;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NAVIGATION; PIXEL; SENSOR; SLOPE;

EID: 84923332281     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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