Patent ID: 8788125

Claim:
A system for generating object symbology presentable on an aircraft display unit, such system comprising: at least one aircraft system, where each aircraft system is an owner of at least one user application; and a cockpit display system comprised of a system configuration file, a plurality of definition files, and a windows generator configured to perform a first operation, where such first operation is configured to retrieve the system configuration file, retrieve one first definition file comprised of a first layer, where the first layer is comprised of a plurality of first-layer widgets, where each first-layer widget is defined by a set of widget parameters, and one first-layer widget is defined with a set of first-layer widget parameters comprised of a number of cells along a first axis of a screen array parameter, a number of cells along a second axis of the screen array parameter, an angular measurement of size of each cell along the first axis of the screen array parameter, and an angular measurement of size of each cell along the second axis of the screen array parameter, and retrieve at least one second definition file, wherein each second definition file is comprised of at least one second layer, where each second layer is comprised of at least one second-layer widget, where at least one second-layer widget is defined with a set of second-layer widget parameters comprised of a number of rows parameter, a number of columns parameter, and a fill style parameter, where the fill style parameter is indicative of an object located along a third axis, and perform a second operation, where such second operation is configured to receive a first-layer widget data set, wherein the first-layer widget data set is representative of the set of first-layer widget parameters, receive at least one second-layer widget data set, wherein each second-layer widget data set is representative of one set of second-layer widget parameters, where the first-layer widget data set and each second-layer widget data set have been sent under one uniform communication interface protocol, determine the fill style of each screen array cell as a function of at least the first-layer widget data set, and each second-layer widget data set, and generate a pixel data set responsive to the determination and representative of at least one fill style, such that symbology of each fill style is presentable for a three-dimensional perspective.