Towards UAVs in Construction: Advancements, Challenges, and Future Directions for Monitoring and Inspection
Liang Han,
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Seong‐Cheol Lee,
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Woosung Bae
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Drones,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
7(3), P. 202 - 202
Published: March 15, 2023
The
use
of
UAVs
for
monitoring
and
inspection
in
the
construction
industry
has
garnered
considerable
attention
recent
years
due
to
their
potential
enhance
safety,
efficiency,
accuracy.
development
application
various
types
drones
sensors
have
opened
up
new
data
collection
analysis
possibilities.
This
paper
provides
a
thorough
examination
latest
developments
industry,
including
review
current
state
an
exploration
applied
applications.
It
also
highlights
technological
advancements
this
field.
However,
as
with
any
technology,
there
are
challenges
limitations
that
need
be
addressed,
such
regulatory
legal
concerns,
technical
limitations,
processing
challenges,
training
expertise,
safety.
Finally,
we
offer
insights
into
solutions
these
innovative
imaging
technologies,
integration
other
machine
learning
AI
analysis,
which
some
areas
future
investigation,
highlight
prospects
drone-based
inspection.
Language: Английский
Soft-NMS-Enabled YOLOv5 with SIOU for Small Water Surface Floater Detection in UAV-Captured Images
F. Frank Chen,
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Lanxin Zhang,
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S.W. Kang
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et al.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(14), P. 10751 - 10751
Published: July 8, 2023
In
recent
years,
the
protection
and
management
of
water
environments
have
garnered
heightened
attention
due
to
their
critical
importance.
Detection
small
objects
in
unmanned
aerial
vehicle
(UAV)
images
remains
a
persistent
challenge
limited
pixel
values
interference
from
background
noise.
To
address
this
challenge,
paper
proposes
an
integrated
object
detection
approach
that
utilizes
improved
YOLOv5
model
for
real-time
surface
floaters.
The
proposed
effectively
detects
by
better
integrating
shallow
deep
features
addressing
issue
missed
detections
and,
therefore,
aligns
with
characteristics
floater
dataset.
Our
has
demonstrated
significant
improvements
detecting
floaters
when
compared
previous
studies.
Specifically,
average
precision
(AP),
recall
(R),
frames
per
second
(FPS)
our
achieved
86.3%,
79.4%,
92%,
respectively.
Furthermore,
original
model,
exhibits
notable
increase
both
AP
R,
5%
6.1%,
As
such,
is
well-suited
on
water’s
surface.
Therefore,
method
will
be
essential
large-scale,
high-precision,
intelligent
monitoring.
Language: Английский
Internal Observation Method of Temporary Structures Covered with a Construction Safety Net Using Image Processing and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Applied Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 1488 - 1488
Published: Jan. 31, 2025
This
study
proposes
a
method
for
observing
the
inside
of
temporary
structure
covered
with
construction
safety
net
using
an
image
processing
technique
and
3D
modeling.
Images
structures
were
obtained
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
(UAVs).
Observing
is
limited
to
UAVs
due
nets
that
act
as
obstacles.
To
solve
this
problem,
histogram
equalization
grayscale
stretching
techniques
used
visualize
by
nets.
After
verifying
proposed
small
scale
specimens,
was
applied
climbing
formwork
installed
at
site.
Three-dimensional
modeling
combined
improved
images
processed
method.
The
results
indicated
could
identify
internal
objects
not
visible
owing
By
comparing
original
through
applying
method,
four
target
located
sufficiently
identified
in
images.
Thus,
can
be
effectively
Language: Английский
Millimeter-Wave OFDM-FMCW Radar-Communication Integration System Design
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(6), P. 1062 - 1062
Published: March 18, 2025
Frequency-modulated
continuous
wave
(FMCW)
and
orthogonal
frequency-division
multiplexing
(OFDM)
technologies
play
significant
roles
in
millimeter-wave
radar
communication.
Their
combinations,
however,
are
understudied
the
literature.
This
paper
introduces
a
novel
OFDM-FMCW
dual-functional
radar-communications
(DFRC)
system
that
takes
advantage
of
merits
both
technologies.
Specifically,
we
introduce
baseband
modulation
to
traditional
FMCW
architecture.
integration
combines
advantages
waveforms,
enhancing
diversity
transmission
waveforms
without
compromising
high-resolution
distance
detection
enjoying
communication
capabilities
OFDM
meantime.
We
establish
signal
models
for
proposed
DFRC
develop
holistic
methods
sensing
communications
accommodate
integration.
For
radar,
an
efficient
scheme,
with
impacts
adding
also
being
analyzed.
A
scheme
is
proposed,
utilizing
undersampling
theory
recover
signals
modulated
by
FMCW.
The
theoretical
model
receive
analyzed,
coarse
estimation
combined
fine
method
Carrier
Frequency
Offset
(CFO)
proposed.
System
simulations
validate
feasibility
demodulation.
Language: Английский
Artificial intelligence for enhanced decision-making in construction
Hosam Hegazy,
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Jiansong Zhang
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Elsevier eBooks,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 441 - 462
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Challenges Facing the Use of Remote Sensing Technologies in the Construction Industry: A Review
Buildings,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(9), P. 2861 - 2861
Published: Sept. 10, 2024
Remote
sensing
is
essential
in
construction
management
by
providing
valuable
information
and
insights
throughout
the
project
lifecycle.
Due
to
rapid
advancement
of
remote
technologies,
their
use
has
been
increasingly
adopted
architecture,
engineering,
industries.
This
review
paper
aims
advance
understanding,
knowledge
base,
practical
implementation
technologies
industry.
It
may
help
support
development
robust
methodologies,
address
challenges,
pave
way
for
effective
integration
into
processes.
presents
results
a
comprehensive
literature
review,
focusing
on
challenges
faced
using
management.
One
hundred
seventeen
papers
were
collected
from
eight
relevant
journals,
indexed
Web
Science,
then
categorized
challenge
type.
The
44
exemplary
studies
reported
three
types
platforms
(satellite,
airborne,
ground-based
sensing).
provides
professionals
with
deeper
understanding
applications
classified
eleven
challenges.
According
number
documents,
critical
shadow,
spatial,
temporal
resolution
issues.
findings
emphasize
unmanned
airborne
systems
(UASs)
satellite
sensing,
which
have
become
common
tasks
such
as
preconstruction
planning,
progress
tracking,
safety
monitoring,
environmental
allows
informed
decision-making
regarding
integrating
projects,
leading
more
efficient
design,
execution.
Language: Английский
YOLOv5s-DSD: An Improved Aerial Image Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv5s
Chaoyue Sun,
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Yajun Chen,
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Ci Xiao
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et al.
Sensors,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
23(15), P. 6905 - 6905
Published: Aug. 3, 2023
Due
to
the
challenges
of
small
detection
targets,
dense
target
distribution,
and
complex
backgrounds
in
aerial
images,
existing
object
algorithms
perform
poorly
image
tasks.
To
address
these
issues,
this
paper
proposes
an
improved
algorithm
called
YOLOv5s-DSD
based
on
YOLOv5s.
Specifically,
SPDA-C3
structure
is
proposed
used
reduce
information
loss
while
focusing
useful
features,
effectively
tackling
targets
backgrounds.
The
novel
decoupled
head
structure,
Res-DHead,
introduced,
along
with
additional
head,
further
improving
network's
performance
detecting
objects.
original
NMS
replaced
by
Soft-NMS-CIOU
issue
neighboring
box
suppression
caused
distribution.
Finally,
extensive
ablation
experiments
comparative
tests
are
conducted
VisDrone2019
dataset,
results
demonstrate
that
outperforms
current
state-of-the-art
models
achieves
a
significant
improvement
compared
algorithm,
increase
17.4%
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16.4%
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validating
superiority
improvements.
Language: Английский