Patent ID: 8581748

Claim:
A system for generating a highway-in-the-sky (“HITS”) image based on deviation information provided by an instrument landing system (“ILS”), such HITS image generating system comprising: a source of navigation data; a source of ILS deviation data; a source of navigation reference data; an image data generator configured to receive navigation data, ILS deviation data, and navigation reference data, determine instantaneous waypoint data as a function of the navigation data, the ILS deviation data, and the navigation reference data, where the instantaneous waypoint data is representative of a first instantaneous waypoint and a second instantaneous waypoint, and generate image data representative of a HITS, where a proximal end of the HITS is based upon the first instantaneous waypoint, and a distal end of the HITS is based upon the second instantaneous waypoint, and provide the image data to a display system; and the display system configured to receive the image data, and present the image represented in the image data on at least one display unit.