NECは今後もデジタル技術を活用し、安全・安心で効率的な交通インフラの実現に取り組んでいきます。将来的に航空機の運航と制限区域内での自動運転車両などとのシステム連携を目指し、空港における業務の効率化に向けた取り組みを進めていきます。August 23, 2024
NEC Corporation.
NEC has been awarded the contract to provide the Vehicle Management Equipment (VME) for controlling vehicles within the restricted area of Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) towards the practical implementation of Level 4 automated operation (Note 1). The VME, equipped with common Functional Management Services (FMS) as infrastructure, was commissioned by the Tokyo Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It will contribute to the achievement of Level 4 automated operation within the airport restricted area, scheduled to commence operation in December 2025.
In the aviation industry, particularly in ground handling operations, labor shortage has been a challenge even before the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the recent rapid recovery in inbound travel, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is advancing demonstrations towards the automation of tasks such as towing tractors for baggage and cargo, as well as buses for passenger and crew transportation. Ensuring aircraft safety, enhancing the safety of various vehicles including manned and automated vehicles, and maintaining smooth airport operations in the restricted area where aircraft park and various ground handling vehicles operate, all require the establishment of digital infrastructure that operators can collectively utilize.
Building on its experience of over half a century in constructing air traffic control systems and airport-related systems, NEC is collaborating with relevant stakeholders such as airlines and automated vehicle manufacturers to work on the development of essential Vehicle Management Equipment (VME) for achieving Level 4 automated operation within the airport restricted area.
Main functions of VME.
- Traffic control function to manage the intersection between manned vehicles and self-driving vehicles within the airport restricted area.
- State monitoring function that installs camera devices in areas where visibility is difficult only for self-driving vehicles, and streams camera footage to the autonomous operator.
- Information sharing function among stakeholders.
These ensure the safe and smooth operation of vehicles within the airport restricted area. Furthermore, by collaborating with business operator FMS, it contributes to the realization of level 4 automated operation within the airport restricted area as a common infrastructure available to business operators who introduce and use self-driving vehicles.
NEC will continue to leverage digital technology to achieve safe, secure, and efficient transportation infrastructure. In the future, we will strive for system collaboration with the operation of aircraft and self-driving vehicles within the restricted area, and promote initiatives to improve operational efficiency at airports.
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- (注 1)レベル4自動運行とは、レベル4相当の自動運転による運行であり、制限区域内において、自動運行装置を当該自動運行装置に係る使用条件で使用して、当該自動運行装置を備えている車両を運行すること(当該車両の運行中の道路、交通及び当該車両の状況に応じて当該車両の装置を操作する者がいる場合のものを除く。)をいう。
- (注 2)共通FMS(Fleet Management System)とは、空港制限区域内を走行する自動運転車両を管理する複数の事業者FMS(自動運行実施者が、地図情報と連動しながらリアルタイムに移動体の位置を把握し、適切な経路情報の表示や配車指示などを行うものをいう。)と接続し、信号制御機能、状態監視機能、情報共有機能を通じて、制限区域内の車両走行の安全且つ円滑な通行を確保するもの。
- (Note 3)Tokyo International Airport "Vehicle Management Equipment in restricted areas"
(Vehicle Management Equipment in airport restricted areas (VME))
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