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http://dx.doi.org/10.13067/JKIECS.2013.8.11.1833

The Recognition and Distance Estimation of a Golf Ball using a WebCam  

Zhu, Jiaqi (전남대학교 대학원 컴퓨터공학과)
Chong, Jiang (전남대학교 대학원 컴퓨터공학과)
Kim, Kang-Chul (전남대학교 전기전자통신컴퓨터공학부)
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The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences / v.8, no.12, 2013 , pp. 1833-1840 More about this Journal
Abstract
A golf ball collecting robot in a golf ball driving range has been recently required because it is safer and more economic than a human being. In this paper, the golf ball recognition and distance estimation system based on a neural network and OpenCV is developed for the robot. The simulation results show that the recognition ratio is over 87% for the distance of less than 120cm and accurate rate for distance estimation is over 85% for golf balls in 30-180cm from a webcam.
Keywords
Invariant Moment; OpenCV; Pattern Recognition; Distance Estimation;
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