Vehicle–Worker Collision Risk Alerts in Ground Handling Areas
Solutions
Lookout™
Industry
Airports·Aviation
Applicatios
Collision & Pedestrian Safety
Monitor ground handling blind spots around aircraft
in 3D to preemptively block airside collision risk.
Target Customers
• Airport corporations and airport operators
• Ground handlers
• Airport safety and airside management departments
• Aircraft ground support equipment (GSE) operators
Challenges
• Collision and contact risk persists on the airside, where aircraft, ground handling vehicles, and workers are concentrated
• Large equipment and aircraft fuselages block views, creating blind spots where workers and vehicles miss each other
• Ground handling proceeds under time pressure, so a momentary lapse in attention leads directly to an accident
Existing Limitations
• Reliance on marshalling and signaling personnel makes it difficult to continuously control simultaneous situations at multiple points
• CCTV makes accurate distance judgment difficult because of occlusion by large equipment and nighttime and weather effects
• Proximity sensors cannot distinguish object type and direction of movement, causing frequent false alarms
Solution Approach
• Detect and track vehicles, workers, and equipment around the aircraft in 3D with LiDAR
• Define aircraft docking areas and stand hazard radii as virtual zones
• Assess collision risk based on distance and trajectory and issue staged advance warnings
• Integrate with existing safety systems such as warning lights, control systems, and GSE terminals
• Monitor continuously with 3D de-identified processing and no privacy burden
Expected Benefits
• Preemptively block vehicle–worker collision risk in ground handling areas
• Strengthen awareness of blind spots for handling staff and controllers
• Maintain the same monitoring performance at night and in bad weather
• Reduce the risk of aircraft damage and flight delays caused by contact accidents
