Patent ID: 8831798

Claim:
A system for positioning a heading-based image within a track-based image, such system comprising: a source of navigation data; a source of first image data; a source of second image data; and an avionics system processor configured to receive the navigation data representative of a measurement of aircraft direction, receive the first image data representative of a first image representing a first track-based scene located outside an aircraft, receive the second image data representative of a second image representing a heading-based scene located outside the aircraft, determine image positioning data of the second image, and merge the first image data with the second image data as a function of the image positioning data to produce third image data, where the third image data is representative of a third image representing a second track-based scene located outside the aircraft, and comprised of at least a partial first image and at least a partial second image, such that the position of the partial second image within the third image is dependent upon at least the measurement of aircraft direction.