Selection of a visible-light vs. thermal infrared sensor in dynamic environments based on confidence measures

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-350

  Serrano Cuerda, Juan ^a   Fernández Caballero, Antonio ^a,b   López, María T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN INFORMÁTICA DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confidence measures; People detection; Thermal infrared sensor; Visible light sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929337487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app4030331     Document Type: Article

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