Intelligent control system for airport apron high-pole lamp

The intelligent control system for airport apron high mast lights addresses energy waste and lighting inefficiencies by dynamically adjusting lighting based on aircraft and personnel presence, ensuring timely illumination for aircraft operations and maintenance.

CN120321856APending Publication Date: 2025-07-15CHONGQING JIANGBEI INT AIRPORT
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Application Number
CN202510638926.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-05-19
Publication Date
2025-07-15

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Technical Problem

The existing airport high pole light control system has problems such as waste of energy and the inability to light up the high pole light in time, especially when the aircraft fails to provide lighting before entering the board, and staff and maintenance vehicles cannot trigger the high pole light to light up.

Method used

The aircraft operation management system, aircraft positioning and surveillance system, video surveillance equipment and light intensity sensing equipment are used in combination with data processing servers to intelligently judge the use of target areas in the airport apron, and realize intelligent control of high pole lights through high pole light control equipment to ensure that the high pole lights are lit when the camera is occupied or about to be occupied, and provide lighting for the aircraft in advance.

Benefits of technology

It effectively avoids the waste of energy from long-term lighting of high pole lights at idle cameras, improves the lighting support capacity of aircraft in and out of aircraft, ensures that aircraft obtains timely lighting during the taxiing phase, and can provide necessary lighting for staff and maintenance vehicles.

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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of control systems, in particular to an intelligent control system for a high-pole lamp of an airport apron. The system comprises an aircraft operation management system data connection device used for transmitting aircraft operation management system data to a data processing server; the aircraft positioning and monitoring system data connection equipment is used for transmitting aircraft positioning and monitoring system data to the data processing server; the video monitoring equipment is used for monitoring a target area in an airport apron and sending a signal to the data processing server if a target object is detected; the light intensity sensing equipment is used for providing natural light intensity data in the airport apron; the data processing server is used for judging whether a lamp turning-on or turning-off condition is met or not, and if yes, a lamp turning-on or turning-off instruction is sent to the high-pole lamp control equipment; and the plurality of high-pole lamp control devices are used for turning on the lamp according to the lamp turning-on instruction and turning off the lamp according to the lamp turning-off instruction. The high-pole lamp can be automatically turned on and turned off in time, and energy waste is reduced.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of control systems, and particularly to an intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron. Background Art

[0002] In the prior art, high-pole lights are generally controlled to be turned on or off in groups or individually by weather light intensity sensing devices and time control devices. When the light intensity value or time meets the lighting condition, the control system controls the high-pole lights to be turned on. When the light intensity value and time meet the lighting-off condition, the control system controls the high-pole lights to be turned off. It has the following problems: The technology of controlling the high-pole lights to be turned on and off according to the light intensity sensing device and time control device has the situation that the high-pole lights are always on at idle aircraft positions for a long time, that is, when the aircraft position is idle, the high-pole lights are still in the on state, resulting in high ineffective energy consumption and energy waste problems.

[0003] In addition, Chinese Patent Application No. 202311873412.1 discloses an automatic control system for high-pole lights in the airport flight area and an airport management platform. It adopts linkage with the flight operation system and combines technologies such as image acquisition and aircraft positioning to determine whether there is an aircraft on the target parking position. When it is determined that there is an aircraft on the position, the high-pole lights of the target parking position are controlled to be turned on. When it is determined that there is no aircraft on the position, the control device turns off the high-pole lights of the target parking position after a preset time. It has the following problems: 1) When the control system determines that an aircraft enters the position and turns on the high-pole lights, there is a problem of poor timeliness of turning on the high-pole lights. Especially during the taxiing stage before the aircraft enters the position and has not yet entered the position, the high-pole lights of the target parking position and the taxiing route positions are not turned on, and the aircraft driver about to enter the target parking position cannot be provided with lighting for the target parking position and the route positions, resulting in the problem that it is not convenient for the aircraft driver to determine the target parking position in a timely and accurate manner; 2) When non-aircraft targets enter the position for operation at night, such as when staff and maintenance vehicles carry out operations at the position, there is a problem that the automatic lighting mechanism of the high-pole lights cannot be triggered, and lighting for the position operation cannot be provided. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide an intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron to solve the above problems of energy waste, inability to turn on the high-pole lights in advance, and inability of staff and maintenance vehicles to trigger the lighting of the high-pole lights.

[0005] According to the present invention, there is provided an intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron, the control system comprising:

[0006] An aircraft operation management system data connection device for transmitting aircraft operation management system data to a data processing server, the aircraft operation management system data including the flight number, aircraft type, owner ID, parking position, arrival time, and departure time of the aircraft;

[0007] An aircraft positioning and surveillance system data connection device is used to transmit aircraft positioning and surveillance system data to a data processing server; the aircraft positioning and surveillance system data includes the position information of aircraft with transponders turned on in the apron area of the airport and the position information of vehicles equipped with broadcast automatic dependent surveillance transponders.

[0008] A video surveillance device is used to monitor a target area within the airport apron. If a target object is detected, a signal is sent to the data processing server; the signal includes the target area number, the type of the target object, and time information, and the target type is an aircraft, a vehicle, or a person.

[0009] A light intensity sensing device is used to provide the data processing server with the natural light intensity data within the airport apron.

[0010] A clock data connection device is used to provide time signals to the data processing server and the high mast light control device.

[0011] A data processing server is used to determine whether the conditions for turning on or off the lights are met based on the received data and signals. If the conditions for turning on the lights are met, a light-on instruction is sent to the corresponding high mast light control device; if the conditions for turning off the lights are met, a light-off instruction is sent to all high mast light control devices.

[0012] A number of high mast light control devices are used to receive the light-on and light-off instructions from the data processing server to turn on or off the lights.

[0013] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

[0014] The present invention includes an aircraft positioning and surveillance system data connection device and a video surveillance device. According to the aircraft positioning and surveillance system data connection device and the video surveillance device, the usage situation of the target area (i.e., the airport parking bay and the taxiing area near the parking bay) within the airport apron can be judged. Furthermore, the lighting of the high mast lights can be intelligently adjusted according to the usage situation of the target area within the airport apron, so as to achieve the purpose of turning on the high mast lights corresponding to the parking bay when the parking bay is occupied or about to be occupied, and to avoid the long-term lighting of the high mast lights in the idle parking bays, thus solving the problem of energy waste in the prior art. The present invention also includes an aircraft operation management system data connection device. According to the aircraft operation management system data connection device, the arrival time and departure time of the aircraft can be obtained. Furthermore, the high mast lights of the target parking bay and the passing parking bays can be turned on in advance before the aircraft arrives and departs, so as to achieve the purpose of providing lighting for the aircraft during the taxiing stage of entering and leaving the airport, and to improve the lighting guarantee ability for the aircraft to enter and leave the parking bay, thus solving the problem that the high mast lights cannot be turned on in a timely and automatic manner in the prior art. Description of the Drawings

[0015] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0016] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

[0017] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the high-pole light control device provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Detailed implementation manners

[0018] The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0019] According to this embodiment, as Figure 1 shown, an intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron is provided. The control system includes:

[0020] An aircraft operation management system data connection device, connected to the data processing server, for transmitting aircraft operation management system data to the data processing server. The aircraft operation management system data includes the flight number, aircraft type, owner ID, parking position, arrival time, and departure time of the aircraft. In this embodiment, the aircraft operation management system data connection device is a switch-type device, and the aircraft operation management system is a collaborative departure control system (A-CDM) or a similar system, which can provide aircraft operation management system data (i.e., flight operation plans). The data processing server connects to the aircraft operation management system data through the aircraft operation management system data connection device. Among them, the aircraft owner is the airline to which the aircraft belongs.

[0021] An aircraft positioning and surveillance system data connection device, which is connected to a data processing server and is used to transmit aircraft positioning and surveillance system data to the data processing server; the aircraft positioning and surveillance system data includes the position information of aircraft with transponders turned on in the apron area of the airport and the position information of vehicles equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) transponders. In this embodiment, the aircraft positioning and surveillance system data connection device is a switch-type device, and the aircraft positioning and surveillance system is a multilateration (MLAT) surveillance system. Through MLAT and ADS-B technologies, it is possible to real-time position and monitor aircraft with transponders turned on and vehicles equipped with ADS-B transponders within the airport area (including airport runways, taxiways, and apron areas), and obtain the position information and identification information (referring to the relevant information that can uniquely identify aircraft and vehicles) of aircraft and vehicles, etc.; the data processing server connects to the aircraft positioning and surveillance system data through the aircraft positioning and surveillance system data connection device.

[0022] A video surveillance device, which is connected to a data processing server and is used to monitor a target area within the airport apron. If a target object is detected, it sends a signal to the data processing server; the signal includes the target area number, the type of the target object, and time information, and the target type is an aircraft, a vehicle, or a person. In this embodiment, the video surveillance device is a long-distance surveillance camera with night vision function, which can monitor the target area (i.e., the airport apron and the taxiing area near the apron. The taxiing area near the apron can be understood as a section of taxiing area directly connected to the apron and used for aircraft to enter and leave the apron), supports setting up electronic fences by region, and when the camera monitors a target object such as an aircraft, a vehicle, or a person within the electronic fence, it can give a signal response, and the signal includes the number information of the area where the target object is detected. The long distance is determined by the distance between the video surveillance device and the monitored area. Optionally, the long-distance threshold can be 150 meters. Among them, setting up electronic fences by region means setting virtual protection boundaries according to different area ranges. When a target object enters the electronic fence corresponding to a certain area range, the camera can detect the presence of the target object and mark the area number where the target object appears.

[0023] A light intensity sensing device, which is connected to a data processing server and is used to provide the data processing server with the natural light intensity data within the airport apron. In this embodiment, the data processing server's light-on judgment process is only started when the natural light intensity data within the airport apron is less than or equal to a preset light intensity threshold; otherwise, the data processing server does not start the light-on judgment process. Optionally, the preset light intensity threshold is an empirical value obtained from multiple practices.

[0024] A clock data connection device, which is connected to a data processing server and is used to provide time signals for the data processing server and the high mast light control device, and is also used to provide time signals for other devices in the system that require time signals.

[0025] A data processing server is used to receive data and signals transmitted by an aircraft operation management system data connection device, an aircraft positioning and monitoring system data connection device, a video monitoring device, a light intensity sensing device, a clock data connection device, etc., and process them. It calculates and stores the time from the aircraft's arrival at the airport to reaching the target parking bay based on the acquired data information. The time from the aircraft's arrival at the airport to reaching the target parking bay is the taxi-in time. The stored information at least includes the flight number, aircraft type, affiliated party ID, arrival runway ID, parking bay, arrival time, departure time, taxi-in time, etc. of the aircraft. It determines whether the conditions for turning on or off the lights are met based on the received data and signals. If the conditions for turning on the lights are met, it sends a light-on instruction to the corresponding high mast light control device; if the conditions for turning off the lights are met, it sends a light-off instruction to all high mast light control devices. In this embodiment, the data processing server is tower-type or rack-type. As a specific implementation, the airport parking bays and the taxiing areas near the parking bays are divided into multiple electronic fences, which are named and numbered respectively. According to the parking bays in this area and the taxiing areas passed by the arrival and departure routes, a related bay high mast light control device is configured for each electronic fence area, that is, each parking bay and the taxiing area near the parking bay are associated with the corresponding high mast light control device, and each bay high mast light control device is associated with the parking bay and the taxiing area near the parking bay. When a certain area triggers a light-on response signal, the data processing server sends a light-on instruction to the high mast light control device associated with this area to control the high mast lights associated with this area to turn on.

[0026] Several high mast light control devices are connected to the data processing server and are used to receive the light-on and light-off instructions from the data processing server to turn on or off the lights. In this embodiment, the number of high mast light control devices is n, and different high mast light control devices are independent of each other. If a certain high mast light control device receives a light-on instruction from the data processing server, then this high mast light control device executes the light-on instruction. Those skilled in the art know that high mast lights refer to lighting fixtures installed more than 15 meters above the ground.

[0027] In this embodiment, if the data processing server determines that the conditions for turning on the lights are not met, the data processing server does not send a light-on instruction to the high mast light control device; if the high mast light control device does not receive a light-on instruction from the data processing server, the high mast light control device is in the default state, that is, it is extinguished.

[0028] As a preferred specific implementation, the data processing server includes:

[0029] The light intensity judgment module is used to judge whether the natural light intensity value in the airport apron is less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold. If it is less than or equal to, the lighting-on condition judgment is carried out; if the natural light intensity value in the airport apron is greater than the preset light intensity threshold for Q consecutive times, the data processing server sends a lighting-off instruction to all high-mast lamp control devices; Q is a preset number. Optionally, Q is an empirical value obtained through multiple tests, and can be 30 or 50 or other values.

[0030] The inbound flight judgment module is used to judge the difference between the inbound time of the inbound aircraft and the current inbound time when the light intensity judgment module determines that the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold. If the difference in inbound time is less than or equal to the first preset time threshold, it is determined that the high-mast lamp control devices of the target parking position corresponding to the inbound aircraft and the high-mast lamp control devices of the positions passed by on the inbound taxiing route of the inbound aircraft meet the first lighting-on condition, and a first lighting-on instruction is sent to the high-mast lamp control devices of the target parking position corresponding to the inbound aircraft and the high-mast lamp control devices of the positions passed by on the inbound taxiing route of the inbound aircraft; the first lighting-on instruction includes the lighting-on duration corresponding to the inbound aircraft. In this embodiment, the first preset time threshold is an empirical value obtained through multiple tests, and the first preset time threshold is used to prepare the high-mast lamps of the target parking position before the aircraft arrives. Optionally, the first preset time threshold is 30 minutes, 1 hour or other times.

[0031] The outbound flight judgment module is used to judge the difference between the outbound time of the outbound aircraft and the current outbound time when the light intensity judgment module determines that the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold. If the difference in outbound time is less than or equal to the second preset time threshold, it is determined that the high-mast lamp control devices of the target parking position corresponding to the outbound aircraft and the high-mast lamp control devices of the positions passed by on the outbound taxiing route of the outbound aircraft meet the second lighting-on condition, and a second lighting-on instruction is sent to the high-mast lamp control devices of the target parking position corresponding to the outbound aircraft and the high-mast lamp control devices of the positions passed by on the outbound taxiing route of the outbound aircraft; the second lighting-on instruction includes the initial preset lighting-on duration. In this embodiment, the second preset time threshold is an empirical value obtained through multiple tests, and the second preset time threshold is used to prepare the high-mast lamps of the positions passed by on the outbound taxiing route of the aircraft. Optionally, the second preset time threshold is 30 minutes or other times.

[0032] A positioning and judgment module, which is used to, when the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is judged by the light intensity judgment module to be less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold, judge whether there is an aircraft with a transponder turned on or a vehicle equipped with a broadcast automatic dependent surveillance transponder in the target area according to the position information of the aircraft with a transponder turned on and the position information of the vehicle equipped with a broadcast automatic dependent surveillance transponder in the airport apron area. If there is, it is determined that the high-mast light control device associated with the target area meets the third lighting condition, and a third lighting instruction is sent to the high-mast light control device associated with the target area; the third lighting instruction includes a first preset lighting duration. In this embodiment, the first preset lighting duration is an empirical value obtained through multiple tests. Optionally, the first preset lighting duration is 10 minutes or 30 minutes or other time.

[0033] A video judgment module, which is used to, when the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is judged by the light intensity judgment module to be less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold, judge whether a target object is detected in the target area. If a target object is detected, it is determined that the high-mast light control device associated with the target area meets the fourth lighting condition, and a fourth lighting instruction is sent to the high-mast light control device associated with the target area; the fourth lighting instruction includes a second preset lighting duration. In this embodiment, the second preset lighting duration is an empirical value obtained through multiple tests. Optionally, the second preset lighting duration is 10 minutes or 30 minutes or other time.

[0034] As a specific implementation manner, the inbound judgment module includes:

[0035] A first acquisition unit, which is used to acquire the time of the inbound aircraft from inbound to reaching the corresponding target parking position. As an optional specific implementation manner, the time of the inbound aircraft from inbound to reaching the corresponding target parking position is an empirical value; as a preferred specific implementation manner, the time of the inbound aircraft from inbound to reaching the corresponding target parking position is obtained according to the target information list, and the target information list is obtained according to the operation information of the historical aircraft stored in the data processing server; the target information list includes several historical aircraft records, any historical aircraft record corresponds to a historical aircraft taxiing-in record, the inbound runway ID and the target parking position of the aircraft corresponding to any historical aircraft record are the same as those of the inbound aircraft, any historical aircraft record includes the aircraft type category, the corresponding aircraft owner ID, the corresponding taxiway occupancy rate and the corresponding taxiing-in time of the corresponding aircraft, and the taxiing-in time is the difference between the inbound time and the time of entering the target parking position, which is calculated and saved by the data processing server. The aircraft type category includes small, medium, large and extra-large. As a preferred specific implementation manner, ∑ m i=1 (t i ×(k1×ai +k2×b i +k3×(1 - |c i -c0|)) / (∑ m i=1 (k1×a i +k2×b i +k3×(1 - |c i -c0|)))) is determined as the time for the incoming aircraft to reach the corresponding target parking position from the time of entry. Among them, k1, k2, and k3 are the weights corresponding to the preset aircraft type category, the ID of the aircraft owner, and the taxiway occupancy rate respectively. k1, k2, and k3 are all greater than 0 and less than 1, and the sum of k1, k2, and k3 is 1; t i is the taxi-in time included in the i-th historical record in the target information list, a i is the difference value of the aircraft type between the aircraft corresponding to the i-th historical record in the target information list and the incoming aircraft. If the aircraft corresponding to the i-th historical record in the target information list has the same aircraft type as the incoming aircraft, then a i = 1, otherwise, a i = 0; b i is the difference value of the ID of the aircraft owner between the aircraft corresponding to the i-th historical record in the target information list and the incoming aircraft. If the aircraft corresponding to the i-th historical record in the target information list has the same ID of the aircraft owner as the incoming aircraft, then b i = 1, otherwise, b i = 0; c i is the taxiway occupancy rate corresponding to the i-th historical record in the target information list, and c0 is the taxiway occupancy rate when the incoming aircraft enters the port; the value range of i is from 1 to m, and m is the number of historical records included in the target information list. Among them, the taxiway occupancy rate is the ratio of the occupied taxiway length to the total taxiway length in the taxiways related to the incoming runway of the incoming aircraft. Which taxiways are related to the incoming runway of the incoming aircraft are known in advance, and the taxiways related to the incoming runway of the incoming aircraft are the taxiways that will affect the taxi-in time of the incoming aircraft; the incoming runway ID of the incoming aircraft and the taxiway occupancy rate when the incoming aircraft enters the port are also known. Based on this preferred specific implementation, the time for the incoming aircraft to reach the corresponding target parking position from the time of entry is predicted according to the taxi-in times of aircraft with the same incoming runway ID in the historical time period, and the weights of the taxi-in times corresponding to different aircraft are determined according to factors such as the aircraft type category, the ID of the aircraft owner, and the taxiway occupancy rate, improving the accuracy of the time obtained for the incoming aircraft to reach the corresponding target parking position from the time of entry.

[0036] As an optional specific implementation, the model category of the historical aircraft that meets the target conditions with the latest target quantity, the corresponding aircraft owner ID, the corresponding taxiway occupancy rate, and the corresponding taxi-in time are appended to the initial list, and the abnormal records are screened and processed. The list obtained after the screening and processing of the abnormal records is determined as the target information list. The target quantity is an empirical value, and the initial list is an empty list. The determination condition for abnormal records is that there are similar records greater than or equal to the first quantity in the list obtained after appending, and the difference from the average taxi-in time corresponding to the similar records is greater than or equal to the preset first difference threshold. The target conditions include that the inbound runway ID is the same as the inbound runway ID of the inbound aircraft, and the corresponding target stand is the same as the target stand corresponding to the inbound aircraft. Among them, the determination condition for similar records is that the model type is the same, the aircraft owner ID is the same, and the difference in the corresponding taxiway occupancy rate is less than or equal to the preset second difference threshold. Optionally, the target quantity, the first quantity, the preset first difference threshold, and the preset second difference threshold are all empirical values.

[0037] The first lighting duration determination unit is configured to sum the time from the inbound of the inbound aircraft to the arrival at the corresponding target stand, the first preset time threshold, and the first preset redundancy time, and determine the sum result as the lighting duration corresponding to the inbound aircraft. In this embodiment, the first preset redundancy time is an empirical value. Optionally, the first preset redundancy time is 10 minutes or 30 minutes or other time. Thus, the high mast lights at the target stand corresponding to the inbound aircraft and the high mast lights on the inbound taxi route of the inbound aircraft can remain lit within the first preset redundancy time after the inbound aircraft arrives at the target stand, and the ability to resist risks can be improved while maintaining better energy efficiency.

[0038] As a specific implementation, the departure judgment module includes a second lighting duration determination unit, and the second lighting duration determination unit is configured to sum the second preset time threshold and the second preset redundancy time, and determine the sum result as the initial preset lighting duration. In this embodiment, the second preset redundancy time is an empirical value. Optionally, the second preset redundancy time is 10 minutes or 30 minutes or other time. Thus, the high mast lights at the target stand corresponding to the departing aircraft and the high mast lights on the departure taxi route of the departing aircraft can remain lit within the second preset redundancy time after the departing aircraft exits the target stand, and the ability to resist risks can be improved while maintaining better energy efficiency.

[0039] As a specific implementation, as Figure 2 shown, the high mast light control device includes:

[0040] The signal receiving module is used to receive the light on and light off instructions sent by the data processing server, and to link the multi-channel timing control module and the opening and closing response module to respond.

[0041] A multi-channel timing control module is used to perform timing according to the type of light-on instruction. If the same type of light-on instruction is received during the timing process, the timing is restarted; if different types of light-on instructions are received during the timing process, each type of light-on instruction is timed separately; the types of light-on instructions include a first light-on instruction, a second light-on instruction, a third light-on instruction and a fourth light-on instruction.

[0042] The opening and closing response module is used to switch from opening to closing when the multi-channel timing control module starts timing, and from closing to opening when all timing times are reached; and when the signal receiving module receives the light-off instruction, if the opening and closing response module is in the opening state, the opening state is maintained; if the opening and closing response module is in the closing state, the closing state is switched to opening. In this embodiment, when the signal receiving module receives the light-off instruction, if the opening and closing response module is in the closing state, regardless of the timing state of the multi-channel timing control module, the opening and closing response module is switched to opening, thereby ensuring the lighting capacity of the airport apron high pole lamp intelligent control system of this embodiment and avoiding the problem of energy waste.

[0043] This embodiment includes an aircraft positioning monitoring system data connection device and a video monitoring device. According to the aircraft positioning monitoring system data connection device and the video monitoring device, the usage of the target area in the airport apron (i.e., the airport parking position and the taxiing area near the parking position) can be determined, and then the high pole lights can be intelligently adjusted according to the usage of the target area in the airport apron, so as to achieve the purpose of lighting the high pole lights corresponding to the parking position when the parking position is occupied or is about to be occupied, and can avoid the long-term lighting of the high pole lights of the idle parking positions, thus solving the problem of energy waste in the prior art. This embodiment also includes an aircraft operation management system data connection device. According to the aircraft operation management system data connection device, the arrival time and departure time of the aircraft can be obtained, and then the high pole lights of the target parking position and the passing parking position can be lit in advance before the aircraft arrives and leaves, so as to achieve the purpose of providing parking position lighting for the aircraft in and out of the taxiing stage, and can improve the lighting guarantee capability of the aircraft in and out of the parking position, thus solving the problem of the inability to turn on the high pole lights in time and automatically in the prior art.

[0044] Although some specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail by way of example, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made to the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the apron of an airport, characterized in that, The control system includes: An aircraft operation management system data connection device for transmitting aircraft operation management system data to the data processing server. The aircraft operation management system data includes the flight number, aircraft type, owner ID, parking position, arrival time, and departure time of the aircraft; An aircraft positioning and monitoring system data connection device for transmitting aircraft positioning and monitoring system data to the data processing server. The aircraft positioning and monitoring system data includes the position information of aircraft with transponders turned on within the airport apron area and the position information of vehicles equipped with automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast transponders; A video surveillance device for monitoring a target area within the airport apron. If a target object is detected, a signal is sent to the data processing server. The signal includes the target area number, target object type, and time information, and the target type is aircraft, vehicle, or person; A light intensity sensing device for providing natural light intensity data within the airport apron to the data processing server; A clock data connection device for providing time signals to the data processing server and the high - mast lamp control device; A data processing server for determining whether the conditions for turning on or off the lights are met based on the received data and signals. If the conditions for turning on the lights are met, a lighting - on instruction is sent to the corresponding high - mast lamp control device. If the conditions for turning off the lights are met, a lighting - off instruction is sent to all high - mast lamp control devices; Several high - mast lamp control devices for receiving the lighting - on and lighting - off instructions from the data processing server to turn on or off the lights.

2. The intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron according to claim 1, wherein The data processing server includes: A light intensity judgment module for judging whether the natural light intensity value within the airport apron is less than or equal to a preset light intensity threshold. If it is less than or equal to, the lighting - on condition is judged. If the natural light intensity value within the airport apron is greater than the preset light intensity threshold for Q consecutive times, the data processing server sends a lighting - off instruction to all high - mast lamp control devices. Q is a preset number; An arrival judgment module for, when the light intensity judgment module determines that the natural light intensity data within the airport apron is less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold, judging the difference between the arrival time of the arriving aircraft and the current arrival time. If the arrival time difference is less than or equal to a first preset time threshold, it is determined that the high - mast lamp control devices corresponding to the target parking position of the arriving aircraft and the high - mast lamp control devices of the positions passed by the arriving aircraft on its arrival taxiing route meet the first lighting - on condition, and a first lighting - on instruction is sent to the high - mast lamp control devices corresponding to the target parking position of the arriving aircraft and the high - mast lamp control devices of the positions passed by the arriving aircraft on its arrival taxiing route. The first lighting - on instruction includes the lighting - on duration corresponding to the arriving aircraft; A departure judgment module, for judging the difference between the departure time of the departing aircraft and the departure time at the current moment when the light intensity judgment module judges that the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is less than or equal to a preset light intensity threshold, and if the departure time difference is less than or equal to a second preset time threshold, judging that the high pole light control device of the target parking position corresponding to the departing aircraft and the high pole light control device of the parking position passed by the departing aircraft on the departure taxiing route meet the second lighting condition, and sending a second lighting instruction to the high pole light control device of the target parking position corresponding to the departing aircraft and the high pole light control device of the parking position passed by the departing aircraft on the departure taxiing route; the second lighting instruction includes an initial preset lighting duration; A positioning judgment module, which is used to judge whether there is an aircraft with a transponder turned on or a vehicle equipped with a broadcast automatic dependent surveillance transponder in the target area according to the position information of the aircraft with a transponder turned on and the position information of the vehicle equipped with a broadcast automatic dependent surveillance transponder in the airport apron area when the light intensity judgment module determines that the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is less than or equal to the preset light intensity threshold value. If so, it is determined that the high pole lamp control device associated with the target area meets the third light-on condition, and a third light-on instruction is sent to the high pole lamp control device associated with the target area; the third light-on instruction includes the first preset light-on duration; The video judgment module is used to determine whether a target object is detected in the target area when the light intensity judgment module determines that the natural light intensity data in the airport apron is less than or equal to a preset light intensity threshold. If a target object is detected, it is determined that the high pole lamp control device associated with the target area meets the fourth lighting condition, and a fourth lighting instruction is sent to the high pole lamp control device associated with the target area; the fourth lighting instruction includes a second preset lighting duration.

3. The intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron according to claim 2, wherein High pole lamp control equipment includes: The signal receiving module is used to receive the light on and light off instructions sent by the data processing server, and to link the multi-channel timing control module and the opening and closing response module to respond; A multi-channel timing control module, used for timing according to the type of light-on instruction, if the same type of light-on instruction is received during the timing process, the timing is restarted; if different types of light-on instructions are received during the timing process, the timing of each type of light-on instruction is performed respectively; the types of light-on instructions include a first light-on instruction, a second light-on instruction, a third light-on instruction and a fourth light-on instruction; The opening and closing response module is used to convert from opening to closing when the multi-channel timing control module starts timing, and to convert from closing to opening when all timing times are reached; and when the signal receiving module receives the light-off instruction, if the opening and closing response module is in the opening state, it remains in the opening state; if the opening and closing response module is in the closing state, it converts from closing to opening.

4. The intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron according to claim 2, wherein The port entry judgment module includes: A first acquisition unit is used to acquire the time from the arrival of the inbound aircraft to the arrival at the corresponding target parking position; The first lighting-on duration determination unit is configured to sum up the time from the arrival of the inbound aircraft to its arrival at the corresponding target parking position, a first preset time threshold, and a first preset redundancy time, and determine the sum result as the lighting-on duration corresponding to the inbound aircraft.

5. The intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the airport apron according to claim 4, characterized in that, The data processing server stores the operation information of historical aircraft, and the operation information includes the flight number, aircraft type, owner ID, inbound runway ID, parking position, inbound time, departure time, and taxi-in time information of the aircraft.

6. The intelligent control system for high-pole lights on the apron of an airport according to claim 5, characterized in that, The time from the arrival of the inbound aircraft to its arrival at the corresponding target parking position is obtained according to the target information list, and the target information list is obtained according to the operation information of historical aircraft stored in the data processing server; the target information list includes a number of historical aircraft records, and any historical aircraft record corresponds to a historical aircraft taxi-in record. The inbound runway ID and the target parking position of the aircraft corresponding to any historical aircraft record are the same as those of the inbound aircraft, and any historical aircraft record includes the aircraft type category, the owner ID of the corresponding aircraft, the corresponding taxiway occupancy rate, and the corresponding taxi-in time. The taxi-in time is the difference between the inbound time and the time of entering the target parking position.

7. The intelligent control system for high mast lights on the airport apron according to claim 2, characterized in that The departure determination module includes a second lighting-on duration determination unit, and the second lighting-on duration determination unit is configured to sum up a second preset time threshold and a second preset redundancy time, and determine the sum result as the initial preset lighting-on duration.

8. The intelligent control system for high mast lights on the airport apron according to claim 1, wherein The video surveillance device is a surveillance camera with night vision function.

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