Application of Smart Glasses for Field Workers Performing Soil Contamination Surveys with Portable Equipment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Development of Smart Glasses-Based Mine Field Worker Support (MFWS) System
2.2. Field Experiment Method
2.3. Subjective Workload Assessment Method
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Heavy metal | Cu | Cd | Pb | Zn | Ni | As | Cr |
Permissible limit | 100 | 3 | 100 | 300 | 50 | 20 | 100 |
Case | Total Measurement Time of Heavy Metal Content (Including Soil Sample Preparation, min) | Total Data Sharing Time (min) |
---|---|---|
Previous study without smart glasses-based application | 57.5 | 26.8 |
This study with smart glasses-based application | 35.0 | 2.4 |
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Kim, D.; Choi, Y. Application of Smart Glasses for Field Workers Performing Soil Contamination Surveys with Portable Equipment. Sustainability 2022, 14, 12370. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912370
Kim D, Choi Y. Application of Smart Glasses for Field Workers Performing Soil Contamination Surveys with Portable Equipment. Sustainability. 2022; 14(19):12370. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912370
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Dawon, and Yosoon Choi. 2022. "Application of Smart Glasses for Field Workers Performing Soil Contamination Surveys with Portable Equipment" Sustainability 14, no. 19: 12370. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912370