| CPC G08G 5/76 (2025.01) [G01S 13/953 (2013.01); G01S 13/955 (2013.01); G08G 5/52 (2025.01); G08G 5/53 (2025.01); G08G 5/55 (2025.01); G08G 5/59 (2025.01); G06T 11/206 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A weather depiction system for an aircraft, comprising:
a radar configured to scan a surrounding environment of the aircraft and provide weather data; and
an aircraft computing device including one or more processors configured to execute program instructions causing the one or more processors to:
detect a plurality of weather patterns using the weather data, wherein each of the weather patterns is detected at a detected altitude, and wherein the detected altitude is defined as a top of each of the weather patterns during a descent mode of the aircraft, or as a bottom of each of the weather patterns during an ascent mode of the aircraft;
receive a flight trajectory of the aircraft from a flight management system (FMS);
for each of the weather patterns;
responsive to the detected altitude of a weather pattern being within a threshold distance in elevation from the flight trajectory, identify the weather pattern as one of a plurality of relevant weather patterns; and
responsive to the detected altitude of the weather pattern being outside the threshold distance in elevation from the flight trajectory, identify the weather pattern as one of a plurality of non-relevant weather patterns; and
present symbols corresponding to the plurality of relevant weather patterns on a top-down flight plan view of a weather display, wherein the symbols comprise weather radar patterns comprising graphical images in colors corresponding to a severity of the weather,
exclude symbols corresponding to the plurality of non-relevant weather patterns from the weather display responsive to the aircraft being in a cruising mode.
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