US 11,710,413 B1
System for flight plan generation of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and a method for its use
Lochie Ferrier, Burlington, VT (US); Nicholas Warren, South Burlington, VT (US); and John Charles Palombini, South Burlington, VT (US)
Assigned to BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed by BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/564,748.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01)
CPC G08G 5/0034 (2013.01) [B60L 58/13 (2019.02); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08G 5/006 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A system for flight plan generation of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the system comprising:
a computing device communicatively connected to an eVTOL aircraft, wherein the computing device is a flight controller and includes a first cluster of flight controllers in a first location and a second cluster of flight controllers in a second location and is configured to:
receive at least a battery status datum and at least a flight mode datum; and
generate a flight plan for the aircraft, comprising a plurality of flight plan data, as a function of:
a flight plan machine learning process and the at least a battery status datum and the at least a flight mode datum; and
flight plan data communicated to the flight controller through a mesh network, wherein the flight plan data comprises recharging station data, wherein the recharging station data includes:
information on locations of recharging stations for recharging the eVTOL aircraft; and
information on status of the recharging stations, wherein the status of the recharging stations includes information on whether or not a recharging station is open for recharging and available for recharging the eVTOL aircraft.