Patent ID: 9727670
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B63B,G01C,G06F,G06T,G08G

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for simulating a night view of a horizon, the method comprising: determining a plurality of positions of a plurality of light sources from a perspective of a viewer location; determining a plurality of light attributes associated with the plurality of light sources; displaying a horizon view visualization comprising a plurality of light representations corresponding with the plurality of light sources, the plurality of light representations depicted according to the plurality of positions and the plurality of light attributes; and for each of the plurality of light sources, determining whether the position of the light source is within a threshold distance from water positioned between the light source and the viewer location, and if the position of the light source is within the threshold distance, determine that a reflection exists and display a reflection representation on the horizon view visualization corresponding with the light source.