Sensor-based assistive devices for visually-impaired people: Current status, challenges, and future directions

W Elmannai, K Elleithy - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there are 285 million visually-impaired
people worldwide. Among these individuals, there are 39 million who are totally blind. There …

Characterizations of noise in Kinect depth images: A review

T Mallick, PP Das, AK Majumdar - IEEE Sensors journal, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we characterize the noise in Kinect depth images based on multiple factors
and introduce a uniform nomenclature for the types of noise. In the process, we briefly …

Optical detector

R Send, I Bruder, I Stephan, E Thiel… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
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CC= C1N (C= 1C= C2C3 (C4= CC (= CC= C4C2= CC= 1) N (C= 1C= CC (OC)= CC= 1) C …

Towards MRI-based autonomous robotic US acquisitions: a first feasibility study

C Hennersperger, B Fuerst, S Virga… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic ultrasound has the potential to assist and guide physicians during interventions. In
this work, we present a set of methods and a workflow to enable autonomous MRI-guided …

Tomato volume and mass estimation using computer vision and machine learning algorithms: Cherry tomato model

I Nyalala, C Okinda, L Nyalala, N Makange… - Journal of Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
A prediction method of mass and volume of cherry tomato based on a computer vision
system and machine learning algorithms were introduced in this study. The relation between …

A litchi fruit recognition method in a natural environment using RGB-D images

L Yu, J **ong, X Fang, Z Yang, Y Chen, X Lin… - Biosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•A method to recognize different varieties of litchis effectively was
proposed.•Visual system was designed to avoid fruit misjudgment due to uneven …

Detector for optically detecting at least one longitudinal coordinate of one object by determining a number of illuminated pixels

I Bruder, E Thiel, I Stephan, R Send - US Patent 9,829,564, 2017 - Google Patents
US9829564B2 - Detector for optically detecting at least one longitudinal coordinate of one
object by determining a number of illuminated pixels - Google Patents US9829564B2 - Detector …

Uncle-slam: Uncertainty learning for dense neural slam

E Sandström, K Ta, L Van Gool… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
We present an uncertainty learning framework for dense neural simultaneous localization
and map** (SLAM). Estimating pixel-wise uncertainties for the depth input of dense SLAM …

Weight prediction of broiler chickens using 3D computer vision

AK Mortensen, P Lisouski, P Ahrendt - Computers and Electronics in …, 2016 - Elsevier
In modern broiler houses, the broilers are traditionally weighed using automatic electronic
platform weighers that the broilers have to visit voluntarily. Heavy broilers may avoid the …

Detector comprising a transversal optical sensor for detecting a transversal position of a light beam from an object and a longitudinal optical sensor sensing a beam …

I Bruder, SC Spiller, E Thiel, I Stephan, R Send… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
US9389315B2 - Detector comprising a transversal optical sensor for detecting a transversal
position of a light beam from an object and a longitudinal optical sensor sensing a beam …