Vision-based crane tracking for understanding construction activity

Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 258-265

  Yang, J ^a   Vela, P A ^b   Teizer, J ^c   Shi, Z K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameras; Construction management; Cranes; Productivity; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; DENSITY-BASED; POSE ESTIMATION; SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS; TRACK SIGNALS; TRACKING ALGORITHM; VISION BASED; VISUAL MONITORING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CAMERAS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRANES; GESTURE RECOGNITION; MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053147173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41182(416)32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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