Automatically controlling apparatus and an automatically controlling system of a boarding bridge, which can improve a reliability due to an automatic operation, and a position matching method of a boarding bridge

An automatic controlling system for performing automatic control of a boarding bridge so as to match a position of the boarding bridge with an airplane, said automatic controlling system comprising:

• first and second reflectors;
• first and second optical input/output units;
• and
• an actuator,
• wherein said first and second reflectors are placed at a same height with respect to each other,
• wherein said first and second optical input/output units are placed at a same height with respect to each other on a connector of the boarding bridge connected to a door inlet of the airplane,
• wherein said first and second optical input/output units include a first light irradiator which irradiates light toward said first and second reflectors, a second light irradiator which irradiates light toward said first and second reflectors, a first optical sensor operable to detect first and second reflection waves of the light reflected from said first and second reflectors, and a second optical sensor operable to detect said first and second reflection waves of the light reflected from said first and second reflectors,
• wherein said actuator moves the boarding bridge such that positions of the boarding bridge and the airplane are matched with each other, based on a detection result of the reflection waves of the light detected by said first and second optical sensors, and
• wherein said automatic controlling system is unaware of a detailed position of a door of the airplane prior to starting the automatic control of the boarding bridge.