Automated visual recognition of dump trucks in construction videos

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 769-781

  Rezazadeh Azar, Ehsan ^a   McCabe, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DATA EXTRACTION; DETECTION ALGORITHM; DUMP TRUCKS; EARTHMOVING; EARTHMOVING OPERATIONS; EQUIPMENT MONITORING; ERROR PRONES; HEAVY CIVIL; OFF-HIGHWAY DUMP TRUCKS; PERFORMANCE CONTROL; POTENTIAL TOOL; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; SURVEILLANCE VIDEO; VIDEO STREAMS; VISUAL RECOGNITION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER VISION; CUTTING EQUIPMENT; EARTHMOVING MACHINERY; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PRODUCTIVITY; TRUCKS; VIDEO STREAMING;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869462297     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000179     Document Type: Article

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