Patent ID: 8600651

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for filtering traffic for relevance for display or enhancement on a display unit of a vehicle, the method comprising performing instructions under the control of one or more computer systems for: receiving, by the one or more computer systems, traffic information; applying, by the one or more computer systems, a first filtering strategy to the traffic information to determine a subset of relevant traffic, wherein the first filtering strategy being independent of one of runway, taxiway, or taxi route locations at an airport and determines a first intersection between a projected track of the vehicle and projected tracks of one or more nearby vehicles, a second intersection of projected tracks of one or more nearby vehicles with an area defined around a current position of the vehicle, and a third intersection between a projected track of the vehicle with areas defined around one or more nearby vehicles; and generating, by the one or more computer systems, a display of relevant traffic comprising one or more traffic indicators corresponding to the subset of relevant traffic for display on the display unit.