Automated data acquisition system to assess construction worker performance

Building a Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-70

  Weerasinghe, I P Tharindu ^a   Ruwanpura, Janaka Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FILES; AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION; AUTOMATED INFORMATION; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; DATA EXTRACTION; DIGITAL VIDEOS; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; PROJECT MANAGERS; REAL TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SOUND WAVES; SPECIFIC TIME; THERMAL IMAGES; TRACKING SYSTEM;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; AUTOMATION; CAMERAS; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROPHONES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 69949106753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41020(339)7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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