| abstract |
A cockpit video system (100) for an airplane includes a camera assembly (102a-c) positioned on the airplane (10), a video monitor (106) for receiving a signal from the camera assembly (102a-c) , and a video processing module (104) for electronically aligning the signal so that a pilot of the airplane (10) is presented with an aligned image on the video monitor (106). Preferably, the signal is an over-sized field of view and the alignment module performs the electronic aligning by cropping and re-aligning the over-sized field of view to fit the video monitor (106). The camera assembly (102a-c) is adapted and configured to attach to the exterior of the airplane (10). |