Title :
Piezo electric sensors for monitoring airport surface movement — A sustainable airport ground traffic management system
Author :
Leung, Chung S. ; Hao, Wei-Da
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Texas A&M Univ. - Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA
fDate :
June 29 2011-July 1 2011
Abstract :
This paper outlines the operation principles with the piezo electric sensors for airport surface movement control. This type of sensor enables one not only to essentially reduce power consumption to a level acceptable by sustainable sensor network, but also to perform moving object detection on voltage impulse created by pressure from moving objects, as well as to perform automatic classification of objects according to their weights, speed and direction of movement. The preliminary result of experimental tests on piezo thin film sensor, which is light weight and bears similar physical properties as piezo electric sensor, confirms the predicted operation characteristics, and shows the applicability of piezo electric sensors for monitoring airport surface movement.
Keywords :
air traffic control; airports; electric sensing devices; monitoring; object detection; piezoelectric devices; power consumption; sustainable development; thin film sensors; airport surface movement monitoring; automatic object classification; moving object detection; physical properties; piezo electric sensors; piezo thin film sensor; power consumption; sustainable airport ground traffic management system; sustainable sensor network; voltage impulse; Airports; Junctions; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Sensor systems; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated and Sustainable Transportation System (FISTS), 2011 IEEE Forum on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0990-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0991-3
DOI :
10.1109/FISTS.2011.5973644
