Methods and systems for correlating data sources for vehicle displays

A method for displaying information on a display device associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:

• rendering a primary flight display on the display device, wherein the primary flight display comprises a synthetic perspective view of terrain for a viewing region proximate a current location of the aircraft, and wherein the synthetic perspective view of terrain corresponds to a flight deck viewpoint;
• obtaining sensor data for a sensing region, the sensing region overlapping at least a portion of the viewing region;
• rendering, in a portion of the primary flight display, a graphical representation of the sensing region in conjunction with the synthetic perspective view of terrain;
• obtaining tracking data for a first object based on a tracking signal associated with the first object;
• in response to the tracking data:
• identifying an object region within the sensing region based at least in part on the tracking data, the object region comprising sensor data indicative of the first object;
• associating the tracking data and the object region;
• and
• rendering, in a portion of the primary flight display, a first symbology representative of the first object, wherein the first symbology is positioned relative to the synthetic perspective view of the terrain based on the association with the object region, such that the first symbology overlaps at least a portion of the object region;
• obtaining updated sensor data for the sensing region, wherein obtaining updated sensor data results in an updated sensing region;
• rendering, in a portion of the primary flight display, a graphical representation of the updated sensing region overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain;
• identifying a first region within the updated sensing region that corresponds to the object region;
• and
• rendering the first symbology such that the first symbology overlaps at least a portion of the first region of the updated sensing region.

A display system for an aircraft, the display system comprising:

• a display device;
• an onboard sensor system configured to obtain sensor data for a first object located within a viewing region proximate the aircraft;
• a communications system configured to obtain tracking data for the first object, the tracking data being based on a tracking signal associated with the first object;
• a processing architecture coupled to the communications system and the onboard sensor system;
• and
• a graphics system coupled to the processing architecture and the display device, wherein the graphics system and the processing architecture are cooperatively configured to:
• render a primary flight display on the display device, wherein the primary flight display comprises a synthetic perspective view of terrain for the viewing region, and wherein the synthetic perspective view of terrain corresponds to a flight deck viewpoint;
• render, in a portion of the primary flight display, a graphical representation of the sensor data for the first object;
• render, in a portion of the primary flight display, a first symbology overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain, the first symbology being based on the tracking data such that the first symbology is representative of the first object, wherein the first symbology is positioned overlying the terrain in a manner that is influenced by the sensor data for the first object;
• and
• in response to updated sensor data obtained by the onboard sensor system for at least a portion of the viewing region:
• render a graphical representation of the updated sensor data overlying the synthetic perspective view of terrain;
• determine a subset of the updated sensor data corresponds to the sensor data for the first object;
• and
• render the first symbology such that it overlaps at least a portion of a graphical representation of the subset of the updated sensor data.

A method for displaying information on a display device associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:

• rendering a primary flight display on the display device, wherein the primary flight display comprises a synthetic perspective view of terrain for a viewing region proximate a current location of the aircraft, and wherein the synthetic perspective view of terrain corresponds to a flight deck viewpoint;
• obtaining sensor data for a sensing region, the sensing region overlapping at least a portion of the viewing region;
• rendering, in a portion of the primary flight display, a graphical representation of the sensing region in conjunction with the synthetic perspective view of terrain;
• obtaining tracking data for a first object based on a tracking signal associated with the first object;
• in response to the tracking data:
• identifying an object region within the sensing region based at least in part on the tracking data, the object region comprising sensor data indicative of the first object;
• associating the tracking data and the object region;
• and
• rendering, in a portion of the primary flight display, a first symbology representative of the first object, wherein the first symbology is positioned relative to the synthetic perspective view of the terrain based on the association with the object region, such that the first symbology overlaps at least a portion of the object region;
• obtaining updated tracking data for the first object;
• rendering the graphical representation of the first symbology based on the updated tracking data;
• and
• rendering the graphical representation of the object region such that the first symbology overlaps at least a portion of the object region.