Automatic Tracking Camera System for Construction Machines by Combined Image Processing

Abstract

The damaged area caused by disasters must be restored as soon as possible. So, remotely controlled construction machines are used to execute this dangerous work, safely. In the remote construction, machine operators always watch images of the working field from pan-tilt monitoring cameras controlled by camera operators. Then, the automatic camera control system without camera operators is expected for machine operators. Based on the above requirement, we are developing an automatic tracking camera control system for construction machine operators by using image processing. The most difficult point for this system is to realize a stable outdoor object detection by image processing. So, we proposed a new image processing method which is a combination of "Improved template matching" and "Moving object detection". From experimental results, we confirmed that the proposed method is improved about the robustness of outside construction machines tracking.

Operational Technology on Construction Sites: A Review from the Cybersecurity Perspective

“…OT-related interpretations and challenges Potential remedies and suggestions Green cluster (Construction automation and cyber-physical systems) Bulgakov et al (2018), Carra et al (2018), Czarnowski et al (2018), Gu et al (2018), Inoue and Yoshimi (2018), Dakhli and Lafhaj (2017), Lundeen et al (2017), Tamayo et al (2017), Bock and Linner (2016), Golubeva and Konshin (2016), Adepoju and Aigbavboa (2020), Akinosho et al (2020), Mantha et al (2020a), Mantha and García de Soto (2019), Nawari and Ravindran (2019a), Pärn and Edwards (2019), Safa et al (2019), Gračanin et al (2018), Grundy (2017), Boyes (2015), Richey and Sawyer (2015), Zhang et al (2019), Ahmed and Mathur (2017), Babu et al (2017), Genge et al (2017), Khan et al (2017), Sugumar and Mathur (2017), Khorrami et al (2016), McLaughlin et al (2016, Zhang et al (2016), Drias et al (2015), Knowles et al (2015), and Yang and Zhao (2015) • Cybersecurity aspects have been lacking in construction automation publications.…”

“…• To better analyze the cybersecurity issues in construction and provide robust solutions, interdisciplinary collaborations with the departments such as Computer Science and Electrical and Electronics Engineering should be encouraged. Blue cluster (Digital transformation of the construction industry and cybersecurity aspects) Melenbrink et al (2020), Pan et al (2020), Gharbia et al (2019), Gurko et al (2019), Ha et al (2019), Liang et al (2019a), Lundeen et al (2019), Yousefizadeh et al (2019), Gu et al (2018), Inoue and Yoshimi (2018), Golubeva andKonshin (2016), Duque Anton et al (2019), Adepu and Mathur (2018), Mashkina and Garipov (2018), Genge et al (2017), Khan et al (2017), Lin et al (2017), Drias et al (2015), and Wang et al (2015) • Construction cybersecurity articles have primarily focused on information security. Cyber threats confronting the construction phase and the potential safety outcomes of OT-related cybersecurity breaches have been overlooked.…”