Takeo Kanade
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Finding corresponding details in images
Kanade and Bruce Lucas developed a way to match details across images. Their 1981 paper explains how the technique could help with stereo vision and motion analysis. The paper is a good place to see what computer vision contributed to robotics. Recognizing that two images show the same feature is a step toward telling how far away it is or how it moved.
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