Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring/alert system for airline gate activities
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Application No.: US18487400Application Date: 2023-10-16
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Publication No.: US12081912B1Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Krunalkumar Patel , Murali Ande , James Hill
- Applicant: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
- Current Assignee: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06Q10/1093 ; G06T7/62 ; G06V20/52 ; H04N23/90

Abstract:
A method of monitoring and reporting aircraft turnaround activities at an airport gate that includes monitoring the airport gate using a first camera that has a first field of view associated with the airport gate; generating, using the first camera, first image data capturing a first activity within the first field of view; receiving, by processor(s), the first image data; identifying, by the processor(s), the first activity captured in the first image data; comparing, using a computer application, aspect(s) of the first activity with a predetermined schedule; and displaying, on a graphical user interface remote from the first camera and using the computer application, an alert indicating that the first activity does not comply with the predetermined schedule; wherein the processor(s) include a machine learning processor.
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