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Prototype Development of a Tactile Sensing System for Improved Worker Safety Perception
The nature of construction activities limits the sensing capability of construction workers, which causes difficulty in perception of hazards threatening their lives. This difficulty is a continuous challenge for construction workers. In an attempt to overcome this challenge, this study proposes a tactile communication system as a means to deliver information about detected hazards to workers. The system is based on the sense of touch, which workers can perceive even when their senses of sight and hearing are impaired or limited. In the prototype system development, the researchers investigated three parameters of vibration signals: signal intensity, signal duration, and delay between signals, in order to categorize a set of distinct signals that would result in a minimum rate of signal misperception. This study implemented clustering analysis and categorized eight distinguishable signals. Such tactile signals, each with specific information, would enable workers to perceive surrounding information about hazards at construction sites, which otherwise would be difficult. This method demonstrates the potential of such a technique to seamlessly deliver hazard information to construction workers by enhancing their perception ability on a loud and dynamic construction site.
Prototype Development of a Tactile Sensing System for Improved Worker Safety Perception
The nature of construction activities limits the sensing capability of construction workers, which causes difficulty in perception of hazards threatening their lives. This difficulty is a continuous challenge for construction workers. In an attempt to overcome this challenge, this study proposes a tactile communication system as a means to deliver information about detected hazards to workers. The system is based on the sense of touch, which workers can perceive even when their senses of sight and hearing are impaired or limited. In the prototype system development, the researchers investigated three parameters of vibration signals: signal intensity, signal duration, and delay between signals, in order to categorize a set of distinct signals that would result in a minimum rate of signal misperception. This study implemented clustering analysis and categorized eight distinguishable signals. Such tactile signals, each with specific information, would enable workers to perceive surrounding information about hazards at construction sites, which otherwise would be difficult. This method demonstrates the potential of such a technique to seamlessly deliver hazard information to construction workers by enhancing their perception ability on a loud and dynamic construction site.
Prototype Development of a Tactile Sensing System for Improved Worker Safety Perception
Sakhakarmi, Sayan (author) / Park, JeeWoong (author) / Cho, Chunhee (author)
ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2019 ; 2019 ; Atlanta, Georgia
Computing in Civil Engineering 2019 ; 555-562
2019-06-13
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Prototype Development of a Tactile Sensing System for Improved Worker Safety Perception
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