System and methodology to provide an augmented view of an environment external to an aircraft during flight

A method of processing video content displayed onboard an aircraft during flight, the method comprising:

• obtaining position data corresponding to current geographical position of the aircraft;
• obtaining attitude data corresponding to current attitude of the aircraft;
• receiving video data for a live video feed corresponding to a live-action view of an environment external to the aircraft, wherein the video data is captured by an imaging system mounted to or integrated with external structure of the aircraft at a first location;
• processing the received video data into augmented video output data corresponding to the live-action view of the environment combined with supplemental image content, based on the obtained position data, the obtained attitude data, calibration data that calibrates the live-action view from the first location to a second reference location on the aircraft, and geospatial data related to at least some geographical features in the live-action view of the environment;
• wherein processing the received video data into augmented video output data includes performing image transformation on at least some of the geospatial data related to at least some geographical feature in the live-action view to obtain transformed image content that is based on the obtained position data, the obtained attitude data, and the calibration data for maintaining consistency between the first location and the second location;
• and
• causing presentation of augmented video content with a display device onboard the aircraft for shared viewing by a plurality of occupants of the aircraft, wherein the augmented video content corresponds to the augmented video output data and the transformed image content.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one processor-readable medium associated with the at least one processor, the at least one processor-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions configurable to be executed by the at least one processor to perform a method of processing video content for display onboard an aircraft during flight, the method comprising:
• obtaining position data corresponding to current geographical position of the aircraft;
• obtaining attitude data corresponding to current attitude of the aircraft;
• receiving video data for a live video feed corresponding to a live-action view of an environment external to the aircraft, wherein the video data is captured by an imaging system mounted to or integrated with external structure of the aircraft at a first location;
• processing the received video data into augmented video output data corresponding to the live-action view of the environment combined with supplemental image content, based on the obtained position data, the obtained attitude data, calibration data calibrating the live-action view from the first location to a second location on the aircraft, and geospatial data related to at least some geographical features in the live-action view of the environment;
• wherein processing the received video data into augmented video output data includes performing image transformation on at least some of the geospatial data related to at least some geographical feature in the live-action view to obtain transformed image content that is based on the obtained position data, the obtained attitude data, and the calibration data for maintaining consistency between the first location and the second location;
• and
• causing presentation of augmented video content with a display device onboard the aircraft for shared viewing by a plurality of occupants of the aircraft, wherein the augmented video content corresponds to the augmented video output data and the transformed image content.