Railyard Worker Safety Through Innovative Mobile Active Train Detection and Risk Localization

Sharif, Hamid; Hempel, Michael

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Railyard Worker Safety Through Innovative Mobile Active Train Detection and Risk Localization

2018-08-01
By Sharif, Hamid ; Hempel, Michael

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Creators:

Sharif, Hamid ; Hempel, Michael
Corporate Creators:

University of Nebraska--Lincoln. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Nebraska Transportation Center
Corporate Contributors:

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. University Transportation Center for Railway Safety ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
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Publication/ Report Number:

26-1121-0018-006
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Final Report (July 2016 – June 2018)
Corporate Publisher:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln. University Transportation Center for Railway Safety
Abstract:

This project aimed at improving the safety of railyard workers by increasing overall situational awareness. To accomplish this we research sensing technologies that can be used to detect objects, classify them, and localize them. Once localized, proximity of dangerous objects to railyard workers can be detected and alerts can be triggered. This project explored the use of vision-based systems as well as Software-Defined RADAR, in combination with each other, to provide observations reliably under a wide range of weather conditions. We conducted a large number of field tests using Software Defined RADAR at the Union Pacific Yard which the results have shown the tremendous potential in this approach. We also developed several signal processing approaches as part of the project effort. We look forward to further exploring this application, as well as other related applications for this technology. We would like to thank Union Pacific for all their assistance with this project.
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Funding:

DTRT13-G-UTC59
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66367/dot_66367_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 2.50 MB]
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University Transportation Centers
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urn:sha256:188fbe460b18d0aef16ceccf47f17fdb726a8fa3253d777c8627b3c6bc7f410b

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English

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