...Cheng Zhong; Hui Li; Xianfeng Huang Purpose Orthophoto suffers from the relief displacement effects magnified by high resolution imaging sensors especially when mapping urban areas. True orthophotos eliminating relief displacement with digital surface model (DSM) are presented to assure reliable...

... of the vision detection system have been validated by experiments on locating static tags and dynamic tracking three small satellite simulators. Image sensors Image processing Sensors Aerospace industry Artificial satellites In order to study the small satellite formation flying technologies...

... Limited 2011 Image sensors Skin (body) Cancer The position of the illuminates relative to the camera and lens is configured to achieve optimized results. The device is finished in a matt black housing to minimise internal reflection. The effective field of view of the Mark I is 9 mm by 12...

... condition, such as stability, age, vibration, etc. Owing to the complex interaction of the multitude of factors, it is not easy to pinpoint a single factor that has a major effect on the surface roughness of the finished workpiece. Image sensors Production equipment Machine tools Many...

... method based on region growing technique was then developed. Details of the two methods are as follows. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Image sensors Silicon Semiconductor devices Quality control Programming and algorithm theory The objective of the gradient operation...

... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Image sensors Welding Robotics Mechanical measurement The visual sensing systems can be divided into two classifications according to the imaging light source: the active method (imaging with another high‐intensity light source) and the passive method...

... systems can measure to 10 μm resolution. Originality/value The value of this paper is to make scientists and engineers aware of advances in the practicality of 3D vision systems. Christine Connolly can be contacted at: CCbrigante@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Image...

...Tim Clarke © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Optical measurement Measurement Image sensors Article Type: Viewpoint From: Sensor Review, Volume 30, Issue 2 Keywords: Optical measurement, Measurement, Image sensors Having worked in this field...

... of products available now in this regard, low end to high end, in respective order from companies like ifm efector, LMI, SICK, and Orus 3D. Measurement Robotics Inspection Image sensors Dimensional measurement Metrology, or the science of measurement, continues to enjoy relevance...

... Rahim can be contacted at: ruzairi@fke.utm.my © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Flow measurement System monitoring Neural nets Image sensors The main source of data in this project are the gravity flow rig. The flow rig consists of a tank, a hopper, material feeder vane...

...@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Sensors Design Modelling Physical properties of materials Image sensors Capacitive sensors have been used for a wide range of applications due to their features: low cost, fast response, non‐intrusive and non‐invasive, no radiation...

... processes Programming and algorithm theory Signal detection Image sensors High‐curvature points are referred to as corners in general. Corners play an important role in object recognition (Biederman, 1987). In order to achieve high‐recognition rate, it is critical to extract corners from...

... and image sensor, then electronic signal processing and image processing algorithms are used to extract the features of the signals, the features are then fused by neural network to predict the backside width of weld pool. Findings Comparative experiments show that the multi‐sensor fusion technology can...

... segmentation results, even though the scene is complex. Tao Guan can be contacted at: qd_gt@126.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Image sensors Image processing Graph theory Interactive segmentation is becoming more and more popular to alleviate the problems inherent...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Modelling Sensors Image sensors Electromagnetism Electro‐magnetic tomography (EMT) sensor systems are used to visualise the spatial distribution of magnetic permeability and electrical conductivity inside a region of interest. A set...

... detection is shown in Figure 6 . The boundary detection step establishes the features' edges, which will be considered as boundaries. The boundary computation is a sequence of edge detection using Sobel kernel. Image processing Image sensors Road vehicles Night vision systems, usually...

... Connolly can be contacted at: CCbrigante@aol.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Road vehicles Image sensors Sensors Accident prevention For reasons of safety, convenience and improved traffic flow, there has been a drive to develop autonomous road vehicles. In Europe...

... layers according to color theory. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Inspection Films (cameras) Image sensors Being a photosensitive product, the problems of film production include avoiding film illumination by visible light. Visible light causes many problems. However, we...

... effort in this development. Originality/value Reveals the technical foundations of a sports application, for the general interest of engineers and scientists. Image sensors Sports Image processing Trajectories Data analysis Callaway Golf Europe Ltd displayed a system for helping people...

... in the elastic body, the sensor resolution, rather than the camera resolution, is determined by the markers. Therefore, the resolution of the camera is not completely utilized. Sensors Measurement Tactile sensors Image sensors In recent years, with the advancement in robotics, many tactile...