Three-dimensional tracking of construction resources using an on-site camera system

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-549

  Park, Man Woo ^a   Koch, Christian ^b   Brilakis, Ioannis ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automation; Computer aided vision system; Imaging techniques; Information technology; Models; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CAMERA CALIBRATION; CAMERA POSE ESTIMATION; COMPUTER-AIDED VISION; CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS; CONSTRUCTION RESOURCE; CONSTRUCTION SITES; ON-SITE TRACKING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING;

AUTOMATION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER VISION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODELS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CAMERAS;

EID: 84865863663     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000168     Document Type: Article

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