Stereoscopic 3-D Presentation for Air Traffic Control Digital Radar Displays
First Claim
1. A method of presenting air traffic data to an air traffic controller, the method comprising:
- receiving air traffic data including a two dimensional spatial location and altitude for a plurality of aircraft;
determining a disparity value based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft;
generating a left and a right eye image of the plurality of aircraft where at least one of the left and right eye image is based on the determined disparity value; and
simultaneously displaying the left and right eye images to the air traffic controller on a display,wherein the simultaneously displayed images provide an apparent three-dimensional separation of each of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft on the display.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of presenting air traffic data to an air traffic controller are provided. Air traffic data including a two dimensional spatial location and altitude for a plurality of aircraft is received. A disparity value is determined based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft. Left and right eye images are generated of the plurality of aircraft where at least one of the left and right eye images is based on the determined disparity value. The left and right eye images are simultaneously displayed to the air traffic controller on a display. The simultaneously displayed images provide an apparent three-dimensional separation of each of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft on the display.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of presenting air traffic data to an air traffic controller, the method comprising:
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receiving air traffic data including a two dimensional spatial location and altitude for a plurality of aircraft; determining a disparity value based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft; generating a left and a right eye image of the plurality of aircraft where at least one of the left and right eye image is based on the determined disparity value; and simultaneously displaying the left and right eye images to the air traffic controller on a display, wherein the simultaneously displayed images provide an apparent three-dimensional separation of each of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for presenting air traffic data to an air traffic controller, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a display; and program code resident in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor to present the air traffic data to the air traffic controller, the program code further configured to receive air traffic data including a two dimensional spatial location and altitude for a plurality of aircraft, determine a disparity value based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, generate a left and a right eye image of the plurality of aircraft where at least one of the left and right eye image is based on the determined disparity value, and simultaneously display the left and right eye images to the air traffic controller on the display, wherein the simultaneously displayed images provide an apparent three-dimensional separation of each of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft on the display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for presenting air traffic data to an air traffic controller, the apparatus comprising:
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a first memory associated with a first processor; a second memory associated with a second processor; a third memory associated with a third processor; a display; a first program code resident in the first memory and configured to be executed by the first processor, the first program code is further configured to receive air traffic data including a two dimensional spatial location and altitude for a plurality of aircraft, determine a disparity value based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, and generate a left eye image of the plurality of aircraft; a second program code resident in the second memory and configured to be executed by the second processor, the second portion of the program code is further configured to simultaneously receive the air traffic data including the two dimensional spatial location and altitude for the plurality of aircraft, determine the disparity value based on the altitude for each aircraft of the plurality of aircraft, and generate a right eye image of the plurality of aircraft; and a third program code resident in the third memory and configured to be executed by the third processor, the third program code is further configured to receive the left and the right eye image of the plurality of aircraft and simultaneously display the left and right eye images to the air traffic controller on the display, wherein at least one of the left and right eye image is based on the determined disparity value, and wherein the simultaneously displayed images provide an apparent three-dimensional separation of each of the aircraft of the plurality of aircraft on the display. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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