JAL and NEC demonstrated the ‘NEC Baggage Counting Solution,’ in which AI is used to automatically analyze the quantity and types of carry-on baggage at boarding gates. The demonstration involved evaluating the solution’s analysis accuracy (detection and classification accuracy ) and its alert timing for exceeding overhead storage limits to determine its effectiveness.
Cameras installed at the boarding gate capture footage, which is analyzed using AI to detect cabin baggage carried by passengers, and detected baggage is classified into predefined categories, and the space each item would occupy in overhead bins is estimated in real time. An alert is triggered when the estimated storage capacity reaches a preset threshold.