A methodology for object identification and tracking in construction based on spatial modeling and image matching techniques

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-211

  Chi, Seokho ^a   Caldas, Carlos H ^a   Kim, Dae Young ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKS; FRAME RATES; IMAGE MATCHING ALGORITHMS; IMAGE-MATCHING TECHNIQUES; MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; OBJECT IDENTIFICATIONS; OCCUPANCY GRIDS; RANGE SENSORS; SPATIAL DATA ACQUISITIONS; SPATIAL MODELING; SPATIAL MODELS; WORK ZONES;

IMAGE MATCHING;

ALGORITHM; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DATA ACQUISITION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSOR; SPATIAL DATA; TRACKING;

EID: 60749127599     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2008.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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