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US 2013/0155093 A1Published application
System and method for displaying enhanced vision and synthetic images
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorGang He
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Abstract
A vehicle display system displays enhanced vision images augmented with selected features of synthetic vision images that correspond to features of the enhanced vision images. The selection of the features may be predetermined, made by the pilot, or based on the operational status of the aircraft.
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A display system for displaying images, comprising:
- an enhanced vision system configured to generate a stream of enhanced vision images, each enhanced vision image comprising a plurality of enhanced features;
- a synthetic vision system database configured to generate a stream of synthetic vision images, each synthetic vision image comprising a plurality of synthetic features;
- a processor coupled to the enhanced vision system and the synthetic vision system and configured to:
- select a portion of the synthetic features;
- and
- align the portion of selected synthetic features and the enhanced vision images;
- and
- a display coupled to the processor and configured to display the aligned enhanced vision images and the selected synthetic features.
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An aircraft display system for displaying images to an aircrew of an aircraft, comprising:
- an enhanced vision system configured to generate enhanced vision images;
- a synthetic vision database containing information regarding lighting for a landing approach path of the aircraft;
- a synthetic vision system configured to obtain information from the synthetic vision database for generating synthetic vision images of the lighting based on flight conditions of the aircraft;
- a processor coupled to the enhanced vision system and the synthetic vision system and configured to:
- select a portion of the synthetic features;
- and
- a display configured to display the enhanced vision images and the selected portion of the synthetic images.
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A method for displaying images to an aircrew member of an aircraft, comprising:
- generating enhanced vision system images, each comprising a plurality of enhanced features;
- generating synthetic vision system images, each comprising a plurality of synthetic features;
- selecting a portion of the synthetic features;
- and
- displaying the enhanced vision system images and the selected portion of the synthetic features.
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