Perspective view conformal traffic targets display
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1. A display system comprising:
- a display screen for graphical display of data,one or more sensors for obtaining traffic data regarding traffic targets, one or more processors for receiving traffic data from the one or more sensors, and for providing input to the display screen, andthe display screen displaying traffic targets as icons in a 3-dimensional graphical representation of real space, wherein the display size of the icons is selected from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets, the set of distance ranges comprises one range, and the set of sizes comprises continuous size variations corresponding to distances within the one range, the size variations being bounded by a maximum and a minimum icon size.
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A system and method for displaying traffic targets in a conformal perspective view. The system comprises a display screen for graphical display of data, one or more sensors for obtaining traffic data regarding traffic targets, and one or more processors for receiving traffic data from the one or more sensors and providing input to the display screen. The display screen displays traffic targets as icons in a 3-dimensional graphical representation of real space. The display size of the icons is selected from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets.
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1. A display system comprising:
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a display screen for graphical display of data, one or more sensors for obtaining traffic data regarding traffic targets, one or more processors for receiving traffic data from the one or more sensors, and for providing input to the display screen, and the display screen displaying traffic targets as icons in a 3-dimensional graphical representation of real space, wherein the display size of the icons is selected from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets, the set of distance ranges comprises one range, and the set of sizes comprises continuous size variations corresponding to distances within the one range, the size variations being bounded by a maximum and a minimum icon size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for displaying conformal traffic in perspective view, the method comprising:
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checking real-time traffic sensor outputs, determining if detected traffic targets are within a field of view, selecting icon display size from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets, displaying the icons on a display screen, rendering an indexing line for each traffic target running perpendicular from the traffic target'"'"'s plane of altitude to terrain below the icon, each indexing line rendered in alternate colors to indicate units of altitude. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving traffic data from traffic sensors, determining the distance to the traffic targets identified by the traffic sensors, selecting a display size for each traffic target from a finite set of sizes which correspond with a finite set of distance ranges, based on the distance to each traffic target, sending instructions to a display to display an icon for each traffic target, calculating an altitude for each traffic target based on traffic data, and sending instructions to the display to render an indexing line from each traffic target to terrain below each object, each indexing line rendered in alternate colors to indicate units of altitude.
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15. A display system comprising:
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a display screen for graphical display of data, one or more sensors for obtaining traffic data regarding traffic targets, one or more processors for receiving traffic data from the one or more sensors, and for providing input to the display screen, and the display screen displaying traffic targets as icons in a 3-dimensional graphical representation of real space, and rendering an indexing line for each traffic target, wherein; the display size of the icons is selected from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets, and each indexing line is perpendicular to its associated traffic target'"'"'s plane of altitude and runs from the plane of altitude to terrain below the traffic target and is rendered in alternate colors to indicate units of altitude.
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16. A display system comprising:
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a display screen for graphical display of data, one or more sensors for obtaining traffic data regarding traffic targets, one or more processors for receiving traffic data from the one or more sensors, and for providing input to the display screen, and the display screen displaying traffic targets as icons in a 3-dimensional graphical representation of real space, and rendering an indexing line for each traffic target, wherein; the display size of the icons is selected from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets, and the indexing line indicates ascension and descension rates of its associated traffic target.
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17. A method for displaying conformal traffic in perspective view, the method comprising:
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checking real-time traffic sensor outputs, determining if detected traffic targets are within a field of view, selecting icon display size from a finite set of sizes which correspond to a finite set of distance ranges based on the distance to the traffic targets, displaying the icons on a display screen, and rendering an indexing line for each traffic target indicating the ascension and descension rates of its associated traffic target.
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18. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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receiving traffic data from traffic sensors, determining the distance to the traffic targets identified by the traffic sensors, selecting a display size for each traffic target from a finite set of sizes which correspond with a finite set of distance ranges, based on the distance to each traffic target, sending instructions to a display to display an icon for each traffic target, calculating a rate of ascension or descension for each traffic target based on traffic data, and sending instructions to the display to render an indexing line from each traffic target to indicate the rate of ascension or descension.
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