Patent ID: 8767013

Claim:
A method for rendering images on a display that is disposed within a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: rendering an image, on the display, that includes one of, or both, rendered terrain and rendered sky, the display having a plurality of edges, the plurality of edges including a skyward edge; rendering a pitch tape on the display; rendering a zero pitch reference line on the display; and at least selectively or continuously rendering a sky veil on a portion of the display, the sky veil rendered at least partially transparent and in a manner that: (i) portions of the sky veil that overlap with the rendered sky are not discernable, (ii) the rendered terrain is viewable through portions of the sky veil that overlap with terrain, (iii) the sky veil is perpendicular to the pitch tape and parallel to the zero pitch reference line, and (iv) the sky veil extends a predetermined distance from the skyward edge, as measured along a line that is at least parallel to the pitch tape.