Synthetic weather systems and methods
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorsSHIVASHANKAR MADDANIMATH VEERAYYA, VINAY S. HUDDAR
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Abstract
A synthetic visual system for an aircraft may comprise: a camera in electronic communication with a controller; a radar system in electronic communication with the controller; a three-dimensional cockpit display in electronic communication with the controller via a synthetic weather system; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller. The three-dimensional cockpit display may be configured to display a three-dimensional weather image based on correlated data between the radar system and the camera.
Claims20
A synthetic vision system for an aircraft, comprising:
- a camera in electronic communication with a controller;
- a radar system in electronic communication with the controller;
- a three-dimensional cockpit display in electronic communication with the controller via a synthetic weather system;
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- a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the controller, a reflectivity data from the radar system;
- receiving, by the controller, a visual data from the camera;
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- correlating, by the controller, the reflectivity data to the visual data.
A method of inferencing and display of weather for an aircraft, the method comprising:
- capturing, via a processor, a real-time reflectivity data from a radar system;
- capturing, via the processor, a real-time visual data from a camera;
- correlating, via the processor, the real-time reflectivity data to the real-time visual data when the visibility is clear;
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- displaying, via the processor, a first estimated three-dimensional weather image based on correlating the real-time reflectivity data to the real-time visual data when visibility is clear;
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- displaying, via the processor, a second estimated three-dimensional weather image passed on the real-time reflectivity data when the visibility is less than clear.
A method of developing a three-dimensional weather model for an aircraft cockpit display, the method comprising:
- compiling, via a processor, a reflectivity data from a radar system;
- compiling, via the processor, a visual data from a camera;
- correlating, via the processor, the reflectivity data to the visual data;
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- developing, via the processor, an estimated three-dimensional weather model based on correlating the reflectivity data to the visual data.
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