Patent ID: 7855664
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G01C,G01S

Abstract:
1. A display system for an aircraft, said display system comprising a display device, comprising: information sources including information relating to the aircraft and to its environment; a processor that constructs an image of the environment of the aircraft on the basis of information emanating from said information sources, said processor constructing a synthesis image in three dimensions so as to visualize the position of the aircraft, as well as the environment in which this aircraft is deploying and comprising the terrain to be overflown; a display device comprising at least one visualization screen, and presenting said synthesis image on at least one zone of said visualization screen, wherein: said synthesis image is consistent at least with information relating to another display, said display device is linked to said other display, and said processor utilizes an amplified altitude to construct a representation of the terrain on said synthesis image, said amplified altitude corresponding to the effective terrain altitude received from said information sources, which is multiplied by a coefficient k whose value lies in an interval substantially equal to [1; 2]; and a collision warning device relating to the terrain to effect said other display, wherein said display device and said collision warning device use information from a database including data relating to the terrain, wherein said processor: