A performance evaluation of vision and radio frequency tracking methods for interacting workforce

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 736-747

  Yang, J ^a,b   Cheng, T ^c   Teizer, J ^c   Vela, P A ^b   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

Construction workforce; Robotic total station; Tracking; Ultra Wideband; Video

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; AUTOMATED EXTRACTION; AUTOMATED METHODS; GROUND TRUTH; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; ON-MACHINES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PRIMARY SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT; RADIO FREQUENCIES; ROBOTIC TOTAL STATION; SECONDARY SYSTEM; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SITE OPERATIONS; TRAJECTORY DATA; TRAJECTORY EXTRACTION; TRAJECTORY INFORMATION; ULTRAWIDEBAND SYSTEMS; UWB SIGNALS; VIDEO; VISION BASED; VISION-BASED TRACKING; VISUAL TRACKING; VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEMS; WORK SAMPLING; WORK SITES; WORLD COORDINATES;

AUTOMATION; NAVIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RATING; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; SENSORS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; TRAJECTORIES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

TARGET TRACKING;

EID: 80955177609     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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