Sensors at Delhi airport ceiling to fix crowding

To track passengers, manage crowds and ensure social distancing, sensors have been installed on the ceiling of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.

“We have put up a number of signages and markers to ensure social distancing. The latest measure is the Xovis passenger tracking system. We installed this around 1-1.5 years ago, but that was to manage queues. Recently, we installed sensors which count people as dots on a screen. It is an IOT device that uses artificial intelligence,” Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said.

The system receives this data and provides airport operators with key performance indicators (KPIs), visualised on a dashboard. “Green and dark blue lines on the dashboard represent crowds.