Patent ID: 9262932
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G01S,G06T,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method of depicting an extended runway centerline to an electronic display, the method comprising: determining, by processing electronics, a location of a runway relative to an aircraft; generating the extended runway centerline based in part on the location of the runway relative to the aircraft, the extended runway centerline extending from a start point on the runway to an endpoint located at a predefined distance from the start point, the end point not being on the runway; and calculating one or more distance markers for the runway centerline, each distance marker corresponding to the distance from the start point to a point on the runway centerline; and providing display data to an electronic display, the display data being configured to cause the electronic display to show a depiction of the extended runway wherein the depiction of the extended runway centerline is provided in a first depiction format at first sections of the extended runway where the depiction of the extended runway centerline is behind an obstacle or terrain feature according to a depth filter and in a second depiction format at second sections of the extended runway where the depiction of the extended runway centerline is in front of the obstacle or terrain feature according to the depth filter.