This paper introduces an iterative technique to segmentation of indoor floor from a single 2-D camera connected to a mobile robot. The segmentation of the floor is an essential function for efficient mobile robot navigation, unlike previous approaches which rely on geometric indications, edges etc. Mobile robot mounted with the 2-D camera can capture floors images over long indoor sequences. Both floor and non-floor regions are all of a similar color when the conditions of illumination vary over a single image. The texture of the floor varies over a single image, and features may be lost as lighting changes. As mobile robot rotates, lot of information may be lost in the presence of small obstacles. Some floor areas are very shining under the artificial light condition. The radiant floor gives the wrong segmentation output. In the proposed approach does not require multiple images. The floor patterns are dynamically selected in the proposed research, and segmentation is performed based on the chosen designs. Camera calibration is not required in the proposed approach for floor segmentation. Also, edge cues and geometric cues are not necessary. The extensive experiment is conducted on a broad set of real indoor corridor floor image set.

Honnaraju B, S Murali."Real-Time Indoor Floor Detection for Mobile Robots using Iterative Approach". International Journal of Computer Engineering In Research Trends (IJCERT), ISSN:2349-7084, Vol.7, Issue 04,pp.23-27, April - 2020, URL:http://ijcert.org/ems/ijcert_papers/V7I405.pdf,

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