Ultra-wide band technology experiments for real-time prevention of tower crane collisions

Automation in Construction

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 545-553

  Hwang, Seokyon ^a  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision; Equipment; Real time; Safety; Ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DECISION MODULES; EQUIPMENT OPERATORS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; JOBSITES; OPERATING EQUIPMENTS; PRECISION TRACKING; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; REAL TIME MONITORING; REAL-TIME; REAL-TIME DATA; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SPATIAL DATA; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY; VISUALIZATION MODULES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EXPERIMENTS; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); VISUALIZATION;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84857373763     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2011.11.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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