Patent ID: 8487787
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G02B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying an obstacle and at least one of a runway and a taxiway on a near-to-eye display to a pilot of an aircraft, comprising: obtaining dimensions of the runway or taxiway on which the aircraft is taxiing; defining a conformal runway or taxiway defined by boundaries; determining the position of the aircraft on the runway or taxiway; displaying the conformal runway or taxiway including the boundaries on the near-to-eye display only when the aircraft reaches a threshold of a distance to the boundaries; providing a real time video from an infrared camera positioned on the aircraft of the runway or taxiway for identifying an obstacle, the infrared camera being synced to the direction of the gaze of the pilot as determined by the near-to-eye display; and displaying the obstacle on the near-to-eye display only when the aircraft reaches a threshold of a distance to the obstacle.