Honeywell International Inc.
AUTOMATED AERODROME ENERGIZATION AND INTENSITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

Abstract:

A system and method to automatically control aerodrome lighting from an aircraft includes selectively retrieving, via a processor, aerodrome lighting data associated with an individual aerodrome from an aerodrome lighting data source. Images are captured, using a camera having a field of view and being mounted on the aircraft, of aerodrome lighting within the camera's field of view. Image data representative of an intensity of light transmitted from the aerodrome lighting within the camera's field of view are supplied from the camera to the processor. The aerodrome lighting data and image data are processed in the processor and, in response to processing the aerodrome lighting data and the image data, commands are selectively supplied, via the processor, to a communication radio that cause the communication radio to transmit RF signals consistent with the light control characteristics associated with the individual aerodrome and based on image data supplied from the camera.