A crash avoidance framework for heavy equipment control systems using 3D imaging sensors

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 118-133

  Chi, Seokho ^a   Caldas, Carlos ^a   Gong, Jie ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash avoidance; Object tracking; Path planning; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MOTION PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TARGET TRACKING;

CRASH AVOIDANCE; HEAVY EQUIPMENT; SPATIAL MODELS; TRACK OBJECTS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 42949122522     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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