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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Bethany L. Franko, Seattle, WA (US);
Domenic S. Giuntoli, Seattle, WA (US);
Nino Senoadi, Bothell, WA (US);
Calsee N. Robb, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean A. Munson, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Robert J. Bengtsson, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Bradley J. Mitchell, Snohomish, WA (US);
Henry V. Fletcher, Iii, Everett, WA (US);
Bethany L. Franko, Seattle, WA (US);
Domenic S. Giuntoli, Seattle, WA (US);
Nino Senoadi, Bothell, WA (US);
Calsee N. Robb, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean A. Munson, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Robert J. Bengtsson, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Bradley J. Mitchell, Snohomish, WA (US);
Henry V. Fletcher, III, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying an image of terrain obtained from a position above the terrain. An image of an object is detected in the image of the terrain for an object that is positioned between the terrain and the position above the terrain. The detected image of the object is replaced in the image of the terrain with replacement image data. For example, the replacement image data may be image data for the terrain below the object. The image of the terrain with the replacement image data may be displayed. The method and apparatus may be used to replace images of clouds in images of the surface of the earth below an aircraft with image data for the surface of the earth below the clouds.