Innovative system for real-time ergonomic feedback in industrial manufacturing

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 566-574

  Vignais, Nicolas ^a   Miezal, Markus ^b   Bleser, Gabriele ^b   Mura, Katharina ^c   Gorecky, Dominic ^c   Marin, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

^c SmartFactory KL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Ergonomics; Real time

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; MANUFACTURE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; REAL-TIME;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; RAPID UPPER LIMB ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 84875103661     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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