US 12,216,200 B2
Airport stand arrangement
Anders Berkmo, Malmö (SE); Peter Håkansson, Malmö (SE); and Alexander Strandberg, Malmö (SE)
Assigned to ADB SAFEGATE SWEDEN AB, Malmö (SE)
Appl. No. 17/420,147
Filed by ADB Safegate Sweden AB, Malmö (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/050407
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144264, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19151380 (EP), filed on Jan. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0066025 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 13/86 (2006.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/91 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/91 (2013.01) [B64F 1/002 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G08G 5/0017 (2013.01); G08G 5/065 (2013.01); G01S 2013/916 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airport stand arrangement comprising:
a display;
a radar-based system; and
one or more additional systems selected from laser-based systems only;
wherein said radar-based system and said one or more additional systems together form a combined system,
wherein the airport stand arrangement is configured, based on output data from said combined system, to detect and track an aircraft within a stand area when said aircraft is approaching a stand within the stand area for parking at a parking position therein, and configured, based on said detection and tracking of the approaching aircraft, to provide pilot maneuvering guidance information on said display for aiding a pilot of the approaching aircraft in maneuvering the aircraft towards said parking position,
wherein output data from the radar-based system includes radar-based detection and tracking data but is absent of image data, and
wherein the airport stand arrangement is configured to detect and track the approaching aircraft based on
a spatially resolved weighted average of combined output data from said radar-based system and from said one or more additional systems, wherein the spatially resolved weighted average is determined based on statistical weights for the radar system and the one or more additional systems, respectively.