The Velodyne LiDAR series is one of the most popular spinning beam LiDAR systems
currently available on the market. In this paper, the temporal stability of the range …

Featured Application Tracking aircraft during taxiing, landing and takeoffs at airports;
acquiring statistical data for centerline deviation analysis and veer-off modeling as well as …

For safe operations at the airport apron, controllers are supported by an appropriate sensor
environment. Deep learning models could improve the classification of observed objects, but …

The current system of conventional and remote airport ground control still largely relies on
the direct visual contact between the ATCO and his area of responsibility. Despite …

This paper performs a quantitative comparison between established surveillance techniques
based on Out-The-Window View and Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) under identical …

Apron operations must ensure both high utilization of given capacity and safe aircraft
operations even under degraded environmental conditions, such as low visibility. An …

In the past, LiDAR technology has been successfully applied to various tracking problems,
including pedestrian and vehicle tracking (Shackelton et al., 2010; Gao and Coifman, 2007) …

Secure airport operations are an important part of the aviation safety, as about 20 percent of
collisions between aircrafts and objects as well as about one third of fatal accidents occur on …