Patent ID: 7847725

Claim:
A method for plotting and simultaneously viewing multiple scans for multiple scans of radar video data comprising the steps of: (a) transferring said multiple scans of radar video data from a radar seeker on board a platform to a computer, wherein said multiple scans of radar video data consist of a data file having a file size of approximately four gigabytes to approximately twenty gigabytes of radar video data; (b) providing a display screen for viewing said multiple scans of radar video data generated by said radar seeker over a time period of four minutes to twenty minutes, wherein said multiple scans of radar video data appear on at least one graph on said display screen which allows a user to view said multiple scans of radar video data in a viewing mode emulating real time; (c) providing a computer software program stored within said computer for controlling, handling and interpreting said multiple scans of radar video data within said data file generated by said radar seeker; (d) selecting said scans of radar video data for display on said display screen, wherein said user selects said scans of radar video to be displayed on said graph; (e) plotting said scans of radar video data selected by said user on said graph, said multiple scans of radar video data appearing on said display screen for viewing and analysis by said user, wherein said computer software program, responsive to a selection by said user of the scans of radar video data to be displayed on said display screen, plots the scans of radar video data on said display screen; (f) plotting detection gate data on said display screen, said detection gate data being associated with said scans of radar video data appearing on said display screen; (g) providing a plurality of controls appearing above said graph and below said graph on said display screen, said plurality of controls allowing said user to manipulate views of said multiple scans of radar video data appearing on said display screen and to select each of the scans of radar video data from said data file which are to appear on said display screen; and (h) providing a plurality of text boxes appearing on said display screen below said graph, said plurality of text boxes providing an indication of a current location within the data file of radar video data samples currently being displayed on said display screen, a start location for the data file being currently displayed on said display screen and an end location for the data file being currently displayed on said display screen.