Patent ID: 7605774

Claim:
A head-up display (HUD) system for an aircraft, the head-up display system for generating display images for display via a display unit configured to display an enhanced view, the head-up display system comprising: a first input coupled to an imaging sensor, the imaging sensor having a pointing direction and a field of view; a computer coupled to the first input and receiving information from the first input relating to the field of view, the computer configured to conduct a processing activity on a first region of the information to generate the display images, wherein the first region is a subset of the information from the first input relating to the field of view and wherein a second region is defined by a remainder of the information from the first input relating to the field of view; a second input for receiving a signal from a source, the signal relating to an actual velocity vector of the aircraft; a program running on the computer, the program determining the actual velocity vector of the aircraft based on the signal received at the second input, the program further determining an offset for the first region, the offset based on the determined actual velocity vector and the imaging sensor pointing direction, the offset used in the computer to move the first region so that the first region corresponds to a different subset of the information from the first input relating to the field of view, the computer generating the display images based on the processing activity applied to the information to which the first region corresponds; and an output to the display unit for providing the display images to the display unit; wherein the computer does not apply the processing activity applied to the first region to the second region.