Displaying lightning strikes
AssigneeAvidyne Corporation
InventorsDaniel J. Schwinn, Theodore H. Cannaday, Frederic D. Barber, David P. Bedrosian
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Abstract
Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for later display. Overlapping areas of the kernels are displayed in different colors than corresponding non-overlapping areas. A color (or colors) displayed in an overlapping area is a function of the number of kernels that overlap in that area.
Claims18
A method of displaying lightning strikes, comprising:
- assigning uniformly-structured kernels to lightning strikes, the uniformly-structured kernels comprising pixel matrices in which pixels at centers of the matrices have greater values than pixels at edges of the matrices;
- and
- displaying an overlapping portion of two or more uniformly-structured kernels by summing pixel values in the matrices of the two or more uniformly-structured kernels at the overlapping portion.
A method of displaying lightning strikes, comprising:
- displaying two or more lightning strikes as uniformly-structured kernels, portions of the uniformly-structured kernels overlapping in an area;
- wherein a color of the area is a function of a number of uniformly-structured kernels that overlap in the area.
A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium for displaying lightning strikes, the computer program comprising:
- code to assign uniformly-structured kernels to lightning strikes, the uniformly-structured kernels comprising pixel matrices in which pixels at centers of the matrices have greater values than pixels at edges of the matrices;
- and
- code to display an overlapping portion of two or more uniformly-structured kernels by summing pixel values in the matrices of the two or more uniformly-structured kernels at the overlapping portion.
A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium for displaying lightning strikes, the computer program comprising:
- code to display two or more lightning strikes as uniformly-structured kernels, portions of the uniformly-structured kernels overlapping in an area;
- wherein a color of the area is a function of a number of uniformly-structured kernels that overlap in the area.
An apparatus for displaying lightning strikes, comprising:
- a memory which stores computer code;
- and
- a processor which executes the computer code (i) to assign uniformly-structured kernels to lightning strikes, the uniformly-structured kernels comprising pixel matrices in which pixels at centers of the matrices have greater values than pixels at edges of the matrices, and (ii) to display an overlapping portion of two or more uniformly-structured kernels by summing pixel values in the matrices of the two or more uniformly-structured kernels at the overlapping portion.
An apparatus for displaying lightning strikes, comprising:
- a memory which stores computer code;
- and
- a processor which executes the computer code to display two or more lightning strikes as uniformly-structured kernels, portions of the uniformly-structured kernels overlapping in an area;
- wherein a color of the area is a function of a number of uniformly-structured kernels that overlap in the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.