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3D LiDAR Improves Airport Flow Management and the Passenger Experience

Airport and aviation facilities contend with numerous operations challenges that impact both the passenger experience and the bottom line. Imagine what you could achieve with a solution that enhances both without compromise – enhancing the passenger journey from the curb to the gate, while dramatically improving operations management, personnel resources and capacity utilization with tangible ROI (return on investment) and lower TCO (total cost of ownership).

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Why Quanergy 3D LiDAR Works So Well in Airport Terminals

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By combining specialized 3D LiDAR sensors designed specifically for indoor applications with advanced perception software, Quanergy provides the unprecedented ability to autonomously detect events, classify and continuously track thousands of unique people and vehicles with extreme accuracy even when obscured by obstacles and in total darkness. In fact, Quanergy 3D LiDAR sensors deliver 20X higher accuracy in detecting events at less than half of the cost of legacy 2D technologies.

The accuracy of Quanergy 3D LiDAR sensors to deliver insightful intelligence for airport terminal operations is ideal for a wide range of applications, including:

  • Improve passenger happiness

  • Personnel utilization at check-in areas
  • Baggage drop-off and handling
  • Time spent passing through security checkpoints
  • Real-time gate queue management and planning
  • Retail merchandising and planning

  • Wait times on service and vendor lines

  • People occupancy counting

  • Safe distance detection

  • Restroom and resources usage and maintenance
  • Time per passenger and per group movements throughout terminals
  • Data-driven passenger forecasting
  • Generate real-time passenger journey maps
  • Real-time resource management (HVAC, lighting people movers…) based on occupancy

The 3D LiDAR TCO Advantage

3D LiDAR sensors are far more cost effective than traditional 2D video camera-based systems. In fact, one 3D LiDAR sensor can cover as much physical area as seven conventional video cameras with far greater accuracy at a fraction of the cost.

When factoring the overall costs related to the initial acquisition and installation of a 2D video system covering approximately 32,000 square feet of physical space (cameras, cabling, power and data transmission devices, licensing fees for camera control/VMS software and installation), a 3D LiDAR system cost approximately 50% less than conventional 2D video.

And the TCO savings for 3D LiDAR increase further over years 2 and 3 post installation, calculated at approximately 70% less the cost versus 2D video.

The substantial cost-savings and superior performance provided by 3D LiDAR provide an exceptional value proposition for wide area object and event detection, classification and tracking.

… And Outside Too.

For wide area airport surveillance and security applications, Quanergy 3D LiDAR long range sensors provide 360° coverage with a range of 15,000 square meters per sensor. These powerful sensors are ideal for Perimeter Intrusion Detection (PID) and wide area surveillance of all tarmac and runway activities even under the harshest environmental conditions, including total darkness. This effectively reduces hardware, software, cabling, networking and installation requirements typically required for such wide scale applications, significantly lowering the cost of deployment per sq/ft and overall TCO for large systems.

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Quanergy 3D LiDAR Protects Passenger Privacy

Quanergy 3D LiDAR solutions are not subject to the same privacy concerns as 2D video and facial recognition devices. No facial images are ever captured by
Quanergy sensors, maintaining compliance for highly regulated applications and in public spaces.

3D LiDAR Airport Playbook

Quanergy 3D LiDAR Sensor Performance/Feature Benefits for Airports

  • Generates a 3D point cloud providing spatial location and depth information to identify, classify and track moving objects in real time with extreme accuracy.

  • Each sensor provides 360° coverage with a range of 15,000 square meters, effectively reducing hardware, software, cabling, networking and installation costs

  • Defines event speed and direction across the entire system’s coverage area employing mesh network technology

  • Tracks people/vehicles continuously even when they move behind an obstruction such as a jetliner, cargo bin or any type of fixed asset

  • Tracks up to  1000+ individuals/vehicles simultaneously per sensor

  • Performs under virtually any environmental condition 24/7 – including total darkness

  • Field proven to reduce costly false alarms by up to 95%.

  • Time-of-flight (ToF) sensing technology that emits low power, eye-safe lasers

  • Delivers tangible ROI and lowers long-term TCO related to equipment and labor costs

Improve Security at Airports with 3D LiDAR Technology

Case Study:
Vancouver International Airport Deploys Quanergy 3D LiDAR Solution
to Improve Passenger Journey

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) selected Quanergy Solutions to analyze footfall.

Using our 3D LiDAR sensors and advanced perception software, Q-Track, YVR can now accurately identify, classify, and track people/objects for enhanced operational insights. YVR currently uses these insights to address various operational and business priorities, including streamlining check-in processes and enhancing security clearance efficiency. By improving data flow and leveraging business intelligence, YVR has improved the traveler’s journey, leading to greater customer satisfaction and safety.

“Through the implementation of Quanergy’s solutions, we have harnessed the power of real-time insights, gaining a deep understanding of passenger volumes and the associated wait times at different stages of their journey through the terminal.”

Jason Williams, Manager, Innovation & Technology Group, YVR.

Media Coverage:
How can 3D LiDAR improve airport security and operations?

The accurate performance, versatility and cost-efficiency of 3D LiDAR solutions are already helping airports around the globe transform often reactive systems into proactive 3D solutions that see beyond the limitations of conventional 2D imaging.

There’s no doubt that 3D LiDAR is a game-changing technology for airports and aviation applications.

The accurate performance, versatility and cost-efficiency of 3D LiDAR solutions are already helping airports around the globe transform often reactive systems into
proactive 3D solutions that see beyond the limitations of conventional 2D imaging.
There’s no doubt that 3D LiDAR is a game-changing technology for airports and
aviation applications.

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