Gate-to-gate automated video tracking and location

An automated gate-to-gate, airport, video tracking system is proposed and simulated using a virtual threedimensional (3D) scale model of the airport’s main concourse. The proposed research interactively combines two state-of-the-art technologies: (i) video analysis and processing and (ii) 3D visualization and simulation. The video tracking algorithm, which is realized by technology (i), has been developed with emphasis on seamless handover of a moving object using multiple cameras. The simulation environment was created based on Knoxville’s McGhee-Tyson airport using Envision software by Deneb.