SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE INCLINATION OF LIGHT SOURCES, IN PARTICULAR OF PRECISION APPROACH SLOPE INDICATORS OF AN AIRPORT RUNWAY

摘要

The present invention relates to a system for detecting the inclination of one or more light beams, having at least one sharp colour transition, emitted by one or more light sources, in particular PAPIs or APAPIs, comprising measuring means (103) for measuring an inclination, and optoelectronic means (120, 121) for acquiring images which means are capable to be inclinated by first powered means (122), the inclination measuring means (103) being integrally coupled to optoelectronic means (120, 121) so as to measure the inclination of the latter, and wherein the system further comprises electronic processing means (62) capable to control the first powered means (122) an the basis of the images acquired by the optoelectronic means (120, 121) so that, when the system carries out a detection of the inclination of said one or more light beams, said at least one sharp colour transition appears in at least one corresponding predetermined position of said acquired images, said electronic processing means (62) reading an inclination value outputted by the inclination measuring means (103) for displaying the same on a display.;The present invention further relates to the related detecting process.