Patent ID: 8185301

Claim:
An aviation navigational system for use with an aerial vehicle, comprising: a display; a database containing a plurality of aircraft identification codes, each identification code being associated with the type, size and shape of one of a plurality of aircraft; a sensor configured to detect a potential conflict within the airspace and a location thereof in the airspace; a processor coupled to the display and in operable communication with the database and the sensor, the processor configured to drive the display to generate a three-dimensional graphical representation of airspace in a vicinity of the aerial vehicle and to generate a three dimensional graphical representation of the detected one potential conflict at the location in the airspace, wherein the three dimensional graphical representation of the detected one potential conflict comprises a similitude of a potential conflict selected based at least in part on one of the plurality of aircraft identification codes determined by the processor and includes a pyramidal frustum centered about an estimated location of the potential conflict, a distance between outer boundaries of the frustum indicating an estimated error in the location.