Patent ID: 7940259
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A system for generating a region in an air-space environment for presentation in a visual representation, the region for positioning in an aerial domain of the environment coupled to an adjacent reference surface of the environment, the system comprising: a data processing system including a user interface coupled to a processor to interact with user events to coordinate interaction of modules for generating the visual representation; a control element generator module of the modules configured to provide a plurality of control elements of the region, the plurality of control elements for distribution in the air-space environment such that each of the plurality of control elements is coupled to a respective coordinate associated with the reference surface, each of the control elements defining a localized volume having a presentation property being an associated size, an associated shape or a combination thereof of the respective control element; a link generator module of the modules configured to provide a plurality of link elements of the region for sequentially linking each of the plurality of control elements to one another such that both the control elements and the link elements define a plurality of bounding surfaces about the periphery of the region, the position of the link elements with respect to one another in the environment being related to said presentation property; and an edit module of the modules configured to adjust said associated size of a selected control element of the plurality of control elements and the corresponding volume of the selected control element to result in a corresponding adjustment in the link elements connected thereto and in a volume of the region defined by those said link elements approaching said selected control element.