MIA: a wearable computer for bridge inspectors

Author

Sunkpho, Jirapon ; Garrett, James H. ; Smailagic, Asim ; Siewiorek, Dan P., Jr.

Author_Institution

Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

19-20 Oct. 1998

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

161

Abstract

MIA (Mobile Inspection Assistance) is a wearable computer system that helps bridge inspectors collecting multimedia information in the field and producing the inspection report. MIA allows an inspector to fill out the inspection form, access previous inspection reports, make sketch(s) of the bridge element(s), take photograph(s), and produce the inspection report via a voice or pen interface. The first prototype of the system was developed by students in a Wearable Computer Project Design Course at Carnegie Mellon University during Spring 1998 semester. The hardware and software aspects of the system is discussed, as well as the application of the system for inspection.

Keywords

inspection; portable computers; structural engineering computing; MIA; bridge inspectors; inspection report; multimedia information; wearable computer; wearable computer system; Application software; Bridges; Hardware; Inspection; Mobile computing; Multimedia systems; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Springs; Wearable computers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wearable Computers, 1998. Digest of Papers. Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9074-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWC.1998.729545

Filename

729545