Bengaluru Airport to use AI for efficiency

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NEW DELHI : Bengaluru International Airport Ltd, in partnership with homegrown computer vision firm Industry.ai and US tech firm Nvidia Corp., on Wednesday announced the integration of the former’s computer vision-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform into the airport’s operations. In a joint statement, the companies said the technology will be deployed at the Bengaluru airport’s Terminal 2—which commences international operations from 31 August.

The video analytics and AI platform will be used by the airport to track queues at various checkpoints across the terminal, analyze and resolve congestion, and track abandoned baggage and alert security staff in case of suspicious movements. To do this, the platform will simultaneously connect to video feeds from 500 live cameras across Terminal 2, which will then be connected to Industry.ai’s data analytics portal that can produce up to 12 outcomes based on the video feeds.

These outcomes will include cues to identifying bottlenecks as well as safety concerns, including the overspeeding or movement of suspicious vehicles outside the airport terminal. The vision AI platform of Industry.ai, a subsidiary of private green energy firm Bharat Light & Power, is based on Nvidia Metropolis development suite that offers companies a ready-to-use platform to build video feed-based data analytics solutions.

The service will be operated on cloud. Tejpreet Chopra, chief executive of Industry.ai, said in a statement that the platform “will speed up passenger flow during peak hours of operation." Chopra added that the company will look to expand its service to other terminals at the airport as well.