Patent ID: 9599707
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01S,G06T,G09G,Y02A

Claim:
1. A method of displaying images associated with weather near an aircraft, the aircraft receiving radar returns received by a weather radar antenna of the aircraft, the method comprising: sensing a path attenuation condition using the radar returns; and displaying the images of the weather using an outside source and the radar returns, wherein the images of the weather are displayed using information from the outside source when the path attenuation condition is sensed; wherein the images of the weather associated with the outside source are displayed as a speckled area or a cross hatched area; wherein the speckled area includes green speckles, yellow speckles, and red speckles corresponding to precipitation rates or the cross hatched area includes green lines, yellow lines, and red lines corresponding to the precipitation rates; and wherein the speckles have a size associated with a time of sensing weather associated with the speckles, and wherein the speckles have a density associated with a time of sensing weather associated with the speckles or the lines have a width associated with the time of sensing weather.