Patent ID: 8803727
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a sensor-supported, synthetic view for landing support of a helicopter under brown-out or white-out conditions, comprising: continuously creating a virtual 3-D representation of a landing zone from 3-D data of the landing zone recorded during a landing approach, wherein 3-D data produced under brown-out or white-out conditions is excluded from the virtual 3-D representation, activating a radar sensor as soon as a monitoring routine detects that 3-D data has been recorded under brown-out or white-out conditions, wherein the radar sensor continuously produces distance or Doppler data of potential objects entering the landing zone during the brown-out or white-out conditions; and displaying, using the distance or Doppler data produced by the radar sensor during the brown-out or white-out conditions, the potential objects to a pilot of the landing helicopter in the synthetic view.