Process and device for monitoring the illumination of lamp bulbs

1. A device for measuring the illumination of an aircraft landing beacon light bulb, said device having a sensor for measuring the illumination of the bulb and a measurement and comparison device for measuring and comparing the value of illumination of the bulb to at least one threshold,

wherein the measurement sensor is locked onto a specific wavelength representative of the behavior of the bulb over time, said wavelength being the predominant illumination wavelength of the bulb according to the color temperature of the bulb,

wherein the device comprises means for determining a stabilization time of said bulb in order to begin the measurement after the warm-up time of said bulb,

wherein the measurement and comparison device is configured to measure the illumination of the bulb by comparing the measured value to an average stabilized value (E N ),

wherein the at least one threshold is defined relative to the average stabilized value,

and wherein the device includes an alarm that is triggered when the illumination value of the bulb passes above the at least one threshold.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is positioned at a fixed distance from said bulb.

3. The device according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is integrated in said bulb.

4. The device according to claim 1 wherein said measurement device is connected to onboard systems of an aircraft.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein said sensor and said measurement device are connected to a monitoring unit of a ground operator.

6. The device according to claim 1 wherein said sensor and said measurement device make up part of a portable measurement device.

7. A process for tracking the illumination of aircraft landing beacon light bulbs comprising:

measuring the illumination of said bulbs in a stabilized phase at a predominant wavelength of the bulb;

comparing the measured value to a limit value;

triggering an alarm when the illumination value of the bulb passes the limit value; and

measuring the illumination of the bulbs after a warm-up and stabilization time of said bulbs,

wherein measuring the illumination of said bulbs comprises comparing the measured value to an average stabilized value (E N ),

and wherein the limit value is defined relative to the average stabilized value.

8. The process for tracking the illumination of aircraft landing beacon light bulbs according to claim 7 , further comprising comparing the measured value to a value for an illumination (E l ) characteristic of the aging of said bulbs and further comprising triggering the alarm when the illumination of the bulbs passes below the value for the illumination (E l ) characteristic to initiate changing the bulbs.