Patent ID: 6650275
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G01S,G06T,Y02A

Abstract:
A method of providing weather radar images to a user, the method comprising:obtaining radar image data corresponding to a weather radar image to be displayed to the user, wherein such obtaining includes transmitting from a receiver/transmitter a different radar pulse in each of a plurality of different directions, receiving radar pulses reflected off of weather phenomena, and generating the radar image data from the received radar pulses; image processing the radar image data to identify a feature of the weather radar image which is potentially indicative of a hazardous weather condition; displaying the weather radar image to the user, including displaying on the weather radar image a text warning, adjacent the display of the feature, apprising the user of the existence of the feature; and notifying the user of the existence of the feature of the weather radar image which is potentially indicative of the hazardous weather condition, such notifying including displaying the weather radar image to the user with added emphasis of the feature of the weather radar image.