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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Jeffery A. Finley, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Bryan L. Jurgensen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Roy E. Robertson, Marion, IA (US);
Jeffery A. Finley, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Bryan L. Jurgensen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Roy E. Robertson, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An airborne weather radar system is coupled to a display on an aircraft and a radar antenna attached to the aircraft. The airborne weather radar system includes a processing system for receiving weather radar returns from the radar antenna. The radar returns resulting from radar signals are transmitted from the radar antenna. The processing system is configured to compress radar data representing graphical images actually provided on the display on the aircraft. The graphical images are provided in response to the weather radar returns. The radar data is compressed to provide compressed data. The compressed data has reduced spatial resolution when compared to the radar data, wherein the processing system is disposed on the aircraft.