Title
Surface recognition by parametric modeling of infrared intensity signals
Abstract
In this study, low-cost infrared emitters and detectors are used for the recognition of surfaces with different proper- ties in a location-invariant manner. The intensity readings obtained with such sensors are highly dependent on the loca- tion and properties of the surface in a way that cannot be represented analytically in a simple manner, complicating the differentiation and localization process. Our approach, which models infrared intensity signals parametrically, can distinguish different surfaces independently of their posi- tions. Once the surface type is identified, its position can also be estimated. The method is verified experimentally with wood, styrofoam packaging material, white painted wall, white and black clothes, and white, brown, and violet papers. A correct differentiation rate of 73% is achieved over eight surfaces and the surfaces are localized within absolute range and azimuth errors of 0.8 cm and , respectively. The differentiation rate improves to 86% over seven surfaces and 100% over six surfaces. The method demonstrated shows that simple infrared sensors, when coupled with appropri- ate signal processing, can be used to extract a significantly greater amount of information than they are commonly em- ployed for.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2004
EUSIPCO
feature extraction,image recognition,object recognition,black clothes,brown paper,information extraction,infrared detectors,infrared emitters,infrared intensity signals,infrared sensors,parametric modeling,signal processing,styrofoam packaging material,surface recognition,violet papers,white clothes,white painted wall,white paper,wood
Field
DocType
ISBN
Signal processing,Parametric model,Azimuth,Optics,Infrared,Detector,Materials science
Conference
978-320-0001-65-7
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.66
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tayfun Aytacand120.66
Billur Barshan231327.83