ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to propose a system to support cultivating the skill of visual inspection of engineers in order to sustain the safety of bridge. Various researchers have attempted to automate bridge inspection by applying technologies of artificial intelligent and robot. However, those studies have yet to achieve practical automation of inspection because large part of skill of visual inspection are black box. This study attempts to analyze black box of skill for visual inspection of bridge through an application of bridge visual inspection using virtual reality (VR) technology that can record eye movements of wearer. This study develops a prototype of VR application of cultivation for skill of visual inspection by using bridge’s photos shot by 360-degree camera. In addition, based on eye tracking data collected from the application, the usefulness of proposal for cultivation of skill for visual inspection is examined.
