Patent ID: 8718915

Claim:
A system for generating an image of a flight route corridor on a display unit, such system comprising: at least one source of navigation data; a source of object data; a processor configured to receive navigation data from at least one navigation data source; receive object data corresponding to the navigation data from the object data source; determine flight route corridor data by applying the navigation data and the object data to flight route corridor design criteria, where the flight route corridor data is representative of a flight route corridor comprised of a floor, a left side, and a right side, such that the floor is located beneath the flight route and is comprised of a left lateral boundary and a right lateral boundary, the left side originates from the left lateral boundary and extends upward either vertically or diagonally, and the right side originates from the right lateral boundary and extends upward either vertically or diagonally; generate an image data set as a function of the navigation data, the object data, and the flight route corridor data, where the image data set is representative of an image depicting a three-dimensional perspective scene outside the aircraft, a three-dimensional perspective of the flight route corridor, and each offending object located beneath the flight route corridor, such that each offending object is depicted with a corresponding graphical image, and the physical appearance of each graphical image is dependent upon the height of its corresponding offending object in relation to the flight route corridor; and provide the image data set to a display unit; and the display unit configured to receive the image data set, and present the image represented in the image data set, whereby the three-dimensional perspective of the flight route corridor and each graphical image corresponding to one offending object located beneath the flight route corridor are presented against a background of the three-dimensional perspective scene outside the aircraft.