Patent ID: 9411044
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G01S,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing weather data generated by a weather radar system of an aircraft, the method comprising: receiving radar returns from a radar antenna associated with the radar system, the radar returns associated with at least one of a horizontal radar scan and a vertical radar scan; detecting a plurality of weather cells based on the at least one of the horizontal radar scan and the vertical radar scan using a processor associated with the radar system; providing display data for displayed weather cells representative of the plurality of weather cells using the processor; automatically providing, using the processor, updated display data representative of the plurality of weather cells based on at least one of an additional horizontal radar scan and an additional vertical radar scan, wherein the updated display data comprises a first indication provided at a first location on or proximate a first displayed weather cell of the displayed weather cells, wherein the first indication identifies the first displayed weather cell and indicates that the first displayed weather cell of the displayed weather cells is currently being scanned by the at least one of the additional horizontal radar scan and the additional vertical radar scan, wherein the first indication is fixed at the first location on or proximate the first displayed weather cell, and wherein the first indication is different from a second indication that identifies a second displayed weather cell as having been previously scanned.