Patent ID: 7196329

Claim:
An enhanced vision system for an aircraft, comprising: a first imaging sensor mounted inside a cockpit of the aircraft and configured to detect a first range of radiation emanating from a scene; a second imaging sensor mounted in a radome of the aircraft and configured to detect a second range of radiation emanating from the scene; a display-generating processor operationally connected to the first and second imaging sensors and configured to generate, from inputs relating to aircraft operation, symbology representing information useful to operation of the aircraft, the display-generating processor further configured to combine the generated symbology with the first and second detected ranges of radiation to create a representation of the scene such that the generated symbology is scaled to conformally overlay the detected range of radiation; a display operationally connected to the processor, wherein the display is configured to display the representation of the scene such that the representation of the scene is non-conformal with a pilot's view out of a windshield of the aircraft.