Presentation by Stuart Young at the 2017 COMIT Annual Conference 'Mobilising Digital Assets', to be held at The Building Centre in London on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th of May 2017. More information: http://www.comit.org.uk/live-blog-comit2017

1. The Wearables are Coming – Camera Tech to Wear for Work

3. =

4. • Cheaper/ less invasive
• Non Invasive/ disruptive to daily tasks
• Fully automated
• Not restricted by legislation (apart from H&S)
• Cheaper alternative to Drone technology
• Easier access….
“Can reach the
parts that other
Drones cannot
reach “

5. MOBILE DEVICES ContextCapture
On-Premise
ProjectWise
ContextShare
Cloud
Cloud
WEARABLES
DRONES

6. Context Capture
Automatic generation high-resolution 3D Reality Models from laser scanner
and photos taken with:
- a digital camera
- a smartphone
- mounted on a drone
- or on an aircraft with a dedicated multi-directional acquisition system.

7. Brief
To integrate reality capture technology with a routine activity (i.e. Site
Inspection) on site, in order to create a “self-regulating” data capture
process.
And apply reality modelling to anything from site safety, inspection to
visualisation, training, etc.

8. First Tests

9. Test 1
2 cameras:
One on the helmet, another on the chest

10. Test 2
2 cameras:
Both on the helmet

11. Test 3
Real World Conditions – BAM Site
• 4716 photos
• 15 minutes

12. Test 3
Video vs Photo:
Video – Test 1 Video – Test 2 Photo – Test 3
2 Cameras: Front and Back
Frames sliced to ¼ sec Frames sliced to ¼ sec Picture every 2 sec
2.7 K video, 60 fps 1080p, 120 fps 10 MPix Resolution

13. Test 1 – 2.7 K Video – 60 fps

14. Test 2 – 1080 p Video – 120 fps

15. Test 3 – Photo Data

16. Further investigations
Crane Project

17. Project
• Off-the-Shelf GoPro Omni Rig
• Mounted on A crane Hook In Real Construction site
• Data Processing with ContextCapture

18. Project problem
• Crane disassembly in narrow street is a complicated process…

19. Project Problem
One needs to make sure massive parts fit through narrow streets when
assembled and disassembled…

20. Project Problem
• All planning is done through 2D pdf’s and images…

21. Go Pro Omni Crane Mount Test

23. Context Capture

24. Et voilà

27. Findings
• Bespoke camera system could be created
• GPS/IMU Needed
• Automatic data transfer and processing straight from the camera
• Adjustable camera orientations would be good to have

28. Partners

29. Research @ Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation, Imperial
College London
The current research proposes an integrated cloud-based framework to
enable efficient construction progress monitoring by creating an
automated real-time bidirectional flow of information between the
construction site and planning office.
The research is done at Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation
and is funded through Skempton scholarship and co sponsored by
Bentley Systems.

30. Proposed Framework
http://www.scottishconstructio
nnow.com/18894/consortium-
visualises-augmented-reality-
future-for-construction-
industry/

31. Early Output on AR visualization
(A) (B)

32. Panel Session

33. Thankyou
Please contact If you are:
• interested in Joining this project or
the Drone 11 project
• able to offer up some sites that we
may attend to run trials.. then
please get in touch…
• wanting to propose a project