Image processing for hazard recognition in on-board weather radar

A weather radar system comprising:

• receiver/transmitter circuitry configured to transmit a different radar pulse in each of a plurality of different directions, to receive radar pulses reflected off of weather phenomena, and to generate radar image data from the received radar pulses;
• image processing circuitry configured to receive the radar image data and to identify a feature of a corresponding weather radar image which is potentially indicative of a hazardous weather condition, the image processing circuitry providing as an output image processed radar image data, the image processing circuitry configured to provide the image processed radar image data such that the display device displays the weather image with added emphasis of the feature of the weather radar image, the image processing circuitry further configured to provide the image processed radar image such that the display device displays the weather radar image data so that it includes, adjacent the display of the feature, a text warning of the existence of the feature;
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• a display device coupled to the image processing circuitry and configured to display the weather radar image combined with a notification of the existence of the feature which is potentially indicative of the hazardous weather condition.

A weather radar system comprising:

• receiver/transmitter circuitry configured to transmit a different radar pulse in each of a plurality of different directions, to receive radar pulses reflected off of weather phenomena, and to generate radar image data from the received radar pulses;
• image processing circuitry configured to receive the radar image data and to identify a feature of a corresponding weather radar image which is potentially indicative of a hazardous weather condition, the image processing circuitry providing as an output image processed radar image data, the image processing circuitry configured to provide the image processed radar image data such that the display device displays the weather radar image with added emphasis of the feature of the weather radar image, the image processing circuitry further configured to provide the image processed radar image data such that the display device displays the weather radar image with added emphasis of the feature of the weather radar image by displaying a visual border around the feature;
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• a display device coupled to the image processing circuitry and configured to display the weather radar image combined with a notification of the existence of the feature which is potentially indicative of the hazardous weather condition.