Patent ID: 8918234

Claim:
A rotorcraft, comprising: a body; a power train coupled to the body and comprising a power source and a drive shaft coupled to the power source; a hub; a rotor blade coupled to the hub; and a landing point indication system comprising: an image provider operable to provide an uninterrupted real-time visual representation of an area underneath the rotorcraft; a rotorcraft state provider operable to provide information indicating a position of the rotorcraft and an attitude of the rotorcraft; a pilot image generation system operable to generate a supplemented visual representation based on the provided position of the rotorcraft and the provided attitude of the rotorcraft, the supplemented visual representation comprising the uninterrupted real-time visual representation of the area underneath the rotorcraft and information indicating a position of the rotorcraft relative to the uninterrupted real-time visual representation; and a display device installed within the body and operable to display the supplemented visual representation.