Patent ID: 9443435
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G01C,G06T,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A vision system for an aircraft, comprising: a display; a synthetic image generator configured for dynamically generating synthetic images, the synthetic images comprising at least one synthetic surface representation of the terrain situated facing the aircraft; a graphic interface manager for a graphic interface of the display, being configured to control the display, on at least a first region of the display, of a peripheral area formed from the synthetic image comprising at least one synthetic surface representation of the terrain coming from the synthetic image generator; the graphic interface manager being configured to maintain at least one centered area representative of a position of a landing runway, centered on the landing runway and at least one front area, adjacent to the centered area, free from the synthetic image comprising at least one synthetic surface representation of the terrain, the peripheral area extending at least partially around the centered area and/or the front area, the graphic interface manager including a defining unit configured for dynamically defining a length of the front area of the display as a function of a vertical decision position associated with a chosen approach for said landing runway, wherein the vertical decision position is a decision height or a decision altitude.