Array tags in forestry

Author

Little, Warren ; Baker, Peter ; Fraser, David ; Aune, Jan ; Sauder, Brent

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

9-10 May 1991

Firstpage

721

Abstract

The authors describe array-tag technology and its application in the forest industry. Array tag technology uses 2-D printed tag symbols consisting of an array of cells and tag readers consisting of a lens system and a video camera interfaced via a frame grabber to an image processing computer. The authors outline various array tag configurations, tag materials, and printing options. They describe the computer hardware and software image processing algorithms, and optical subsystems of array tag readers. In addition, example additions of the technology to lumber and log tracking and inventory control are discussed

Keywords

computerised picture processing; forestry; video cameras; 2-D printed tag symbols; array tag configurations; array tag readers; computer hardware; computer software; forest industry; forestry; frame grabber; image processing algorithms; image processing computer; inventory control; lens system; log tracking; lumber tracking; optical subsystems; printing options; tag materials; tag readers; video camera; Application software; Cameras; Computer interfaces; Forestry; Image processing; Lenses; Optical arrays; Optical computing; Optical materials; Printing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1991., IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-87942-638-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1991.160841

Filename

160841