Evaluation of the position and orientation of (Semi-) passive RFID tags for the potential application in ground worker proximity detection and alert devices in safer construction equipment operation

Computing in Civil Engineering - Proceedings of the 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 645-652

  Marks, E ^a   Teizer, J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MACHINERY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS; CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES; CONSTRUCTION SITES; PERSONAL PROTECTION; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; PROXIMITY DETECTION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84887350675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413029.081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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