System and method for enabling display of vertical weather information on an aircraft horizontal weather display
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorsJames D. Cahoon, Patricia R. Barbosa, Alexander M. Oranskiy, Mark B. Godfrey, Jeffery A. Finley
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Abstract
A system for displaying vertical weather information on an aviation display aboard an aircraft, the aircraft including an aircraft radar system for scanning a target, is provided. The system includes processing electronics configured to receive a target selection from a user input device, to receive an altitude value of an echo top of the target based on radar return data, and to cause the altitude value to be displayed on plan view of weather images on an aviation display in response to the received target selection.
Claims20
A system for displaying vertical weather information on an aviation display aboard an aircraft, the aircraft including an aircraft radar system for scanning a target weather cell, the system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- processing electronics coupled to the memory device and comprising a processor, an input, and an output, the processing electronics configured:
- to receive via the input a target weather cell selection from a user input device, wherein the target weather cell selection comprises a location information of the target weather cell;
- to generate via the processor a target information from the location information, the target information comprising direction and distance coordinates oriented to the aircraft;
- to provide via the output the target information to an aircraft radar system;
- to provide an altitude value of an echo top of the target weather cell based on radar return data stored in the memory device, and
- to cause via the output the altitude value to be displayed on a plan view of weather images on an aviation display in response to the received target weather cell selection.
A method for displaying vertical weather information on an aircraft horizontal weather display, comprising:
- generating an image of a plan view of weather generated from radar return data stored in a memory, the plan view of weather comprising a plurality of weather cells;
- causing the image to be displayed on an aircraft horizontal weather display;
- receiving at a processor a weather cell selection from a user input device, the weather cell selection comprising one of the plurality of weather cells;
- and
- updating, in response to the weather cell selection, the image to include an altitude value of an echo top of the selected weather cell and the plan view of weather generated from radar return data, wherein receiving the weather cell selection from a user input device comprises receiving an absolute location of the weather cell from the user input device.
A method for displaying vertical weather information on an aircraft horizontal weather display, the method comprising:
- generating an image of a plan view of weather generated from radar return data stored in a memory, the plan view of weather comprising a plurality of weather cells;
- causing the image to be displayed on an aircraft horizontal weather display;
- receiving at a processor a weather cell selection from a user input device, the weather cell selection comprising one of the plurality of weather cells;
- and
- updating, in response to the weather cell selection, the image to include an altitude value of an echo top of the selected weather cell and the plan view of weather generated from radar return data;
- wherein receiving the weather cell selection from a user input device comprises receiving an absolute location of the weather cell from the user input device.
One or more computer readable media having instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to execute a method of displaying echo top information on an aviation display, the method comprising:
- receiving a location information from a user interface;
- receiving an altitude value of an echo top of a weather cell corresponding to the location information;
- and
- generating an image showing the altitude value and a plan view of weather, wherein the altitude value is shown on the plan view at a position representing the location of the echo top;
- wherein the echo top is a highest part of the cell having a reflectively above a threshold representative of a top of precipitation within the cell, wherein the location information comprises receiving at least one of a direction and distance to the weather cell.
One or more computer readable media having instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to execute a method of displaying echo top information on an aviation display, the method comprising:
- receiving a location information from a user interface;
- receiving an altitude value of an echo top of a weather cell corresponding to the location information;
- and
- generating an image showing the altitude value and a plan view of weather, wherein the altitude value is shown on the plan view at a position representing the location of the echo top;
- wherein the location information comprises receiving at least one of a direction and distance to the weather cell.
One or more computer readable media having instructions stored therein, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to execute a method of displaying echo top information on an aviation display, the method comprising:
- receiving a location information from a user interface;
- receiving an altitude value of an echo top of a weather cell corresponding to the location information;
- generating an image showing the altitude value and a plan view of weather, wherein the altitude value is shown on the plan view at a position representing the location of the echo top;
- and
- transforming the location information into target information, the target information being usable by an airborne radar system to direct a radar beam toward the weather cell.
A method for displaying vertical weather information on an aircraft horizontal weather display, comprising:
- generating an image of a plan view of weather generated from radar return data stored in a memory, the plan view of weather comprising a plurality of weather cells;
- causing the image to be displayed on an aircraft horizontal weather display;
- receiving at a processor a weather cell selection from a user input device, the weather cell selection comprising one of the plurality of weather cells;
- and
- updating, in response to the weather cell selection, the image to include an altitude value of the selected weather cell and the plan view of weather generated from radar return data
- receiving at the processor a second weather cell selection from a user input device, the second weather cell selection comprising a second of the plurality of weather cells;
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- updating, in response to the weather cell selection, the image to include an altitude value of an echo top of the second selected weather cell, the altitude value of the selected weather cell, and the plan view of weather generated from radar return data.
A system for displaying vertical weather information on an aviation display aboard an aircraft, the aircraft including an aircraft radar system for scanning a target weather cell, the system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- processing electronics coupled to the memory device and comprising a processor, an input, and an output, the processing electronics configured:
- to receive via the input a target weather cell selection from a user input device, wherein the target weather cell selection comprises a location information of a target portion of a weather cell;
- to generate via the processor a target information from the location information, the target information comprising direction and distance coordinates oriented to the aircraft;
- to provide via the output the target information to an aircraft radar system;
- to provide an altitude value of an echo top of the target portion of the weather cell based on radar return data stored in the memory device;
- and
- to cause via the output, in response to the received target weather cell selection, the altitude value to be displayed on a region representing the location information on a plan view of weather images on an aviation display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.