Patent ID: 9733103
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01C,G06T,G08G

Claim:
1. A flight deck display system for an aircraft, the system comprising: a processor architecture configured to receive waypoint location data for waypoints, terrain data, aircraft geographic position data for the aircraft, and restriction data including a plurality of different types of altitude constraints for the different waypoints, and the processor architecture being configured to generate image rendering display commands based upon the waypoint location data, the terrain data, the restriction data, and the aircraft geographic position data; and a display element configured to receive the image rendering display commands and, in response thereto, to render a perspective view of terrain corresponding to a flight deck viewpoint, to dynamically refresh the perspective view based on a current flight status, and to render a waypoint marker in the perspective view of terrain, the waypoint marker corresponding to an approaching waypoint in a flight plan, the waypoint marker comprising: