Publications / 1996 Proceedings of the 13th ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

Development of Virtual Survey Marking System (VSMS) for Remote Control of Construction Machinery

Y. Miyauchi, T. Miyajima, T. Sato, M. Hirose
Pages 571-580 (1996 Proceedings of the 13th ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

Remote control technology for construction machinery is attracting attention because it can permit construction work to be conducted safely in dangerous areas or in such special environments as are encountered when developing deep underground spaces. If remote control of construction machinery is necessary, this means that survey workers cannot enter the area and accordingly makes it impossible to set the necessary markers such as batter boards and posts, which in turn reduces the efficiency and accuracy of excavation work. Solving this problem has long been a major task to be accomplished in order to achieve practical remote control of construction machinery.

A system has been developed to solve the problem. The system creates a realistic three-dimensional (stereo) image of the work area by combining images of the work area acquired from a camera used for remote control and computer- generated images of reference marks such as batter boards and posts. This paper outlines the system and reports the results of validity tests of the system.

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