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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2012
Christopher A. Scherer, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Travis S. Vanderkamp, Marion, IA (US);
Felix B. Turcios, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
John W. Romine, Iii, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Kenneth A. Zimmerman, Sherwood, OR (US);
Christopher A. Scherer, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Travis S. VanderKamp, Marion, IA (US);
Felix B. Turcios, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
John W. Romine, III, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Kenneth A. Zimmerman, Sherwood, OR (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for presenting taxi information to a pilot are disclosed. A processor receives aircraft taxi information; retrieves navigation reference and object data; generates an image data set as a function of the aircraft taxi information data and the navigation reference and object data; and provides the image data set to a display system. The image data set could be representative of an image in which one or more first location highlighters highlight the location(s) of one or more raised surface features that appear within an egocentric, perspective scene outside the aircraft. The one raised surface feature could be comprised of a raised surface boundary or a raised surface centerline. In an additional embodiment, the image could include one or more second location highlighters highlighting the location(s) of one or more raised surface transition features.