Patent ID: 9581692
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G01S,G08G

Claim:
1. A ground obstacle collision-avoidance system comprising: a plurality of radar sensor modules each located at a selected different location on an exterior of an installation aircraft, wherein each radar sensor module comprises: a processing system configured to determine a distance from the installation aircraft to a detected ground obstacle that has been detected by at least one of the plurality of radar sensor modules, determine a type of the detected ground obstacle, and generate a plan view indicating at least one aircraft icon, a graphical ground obstacle icon that is associated with the detected ground obstacle, and text indicating the distance from the installation aircraft to the detected ground obstacle; and a display configured to present the plan view, wherein a presentation location of the aircraft icon on the plan view provides a relative reference point for the installation aircraft, wherein a presentation location of the graphical ground obstacle icon relative to the at least one aircraft icon indicates a location of the detected ground obstacle relative to the installation aircraft, and wherein a shape of the graphical ground obstacle icon indicates the type of the detected ground obstacle.