Open AccessLine of sight visibility analysis for foreign object debris detection system
Author(s) -
G. Fizza,
Sevia Mahdaliza Idrus,
Farabi Iqbal,
Waqas Hassan,
Nobuhiko Shibagaki,
Kenji Kashima,
Azimi Hamzah,
Sumiaty Ambran,
Tetsuya Kawanishi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1878/1/012006
Subject(s) - runway , visibility , computer science , radar , remote sensing , non line of sight propagation , extremely high frequency , sight , computer vision , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , geology , geography , meteorology , optics , physics , cartography , wireless
It is challenging to monitor busy airports’ runway through visual inspection to precisely detect foreign object debris. Currently, many technologies for the detection of foreign object debris are available. It has been investigated that millimeter-wave radar technology’s detection capability can be one of the most effective techniques for detecting foreign object debris as it is weather-resilient. However, the positioning and height of a millimeter-wave radar pole covering the runway area, considering the existing runway infrastructure, are challenging. The task involves finding the appropriate placement and optimum height. This paper presents a novel method of line of sight visibility for placement and height of radar pole using human factor research to ensure that each point on the runway is visible from various heights of the millimeter-wave radar pole to the runway locations. Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia runway 32L/14R, has used a case study to test the visibility analysis. The visual analytic test’s successful results for different millimeter-wave radar pole locations and viewing heights under a visible and invisible line of sight conditions on the runway have been verified in the field experiment.