US 11,735,058 B1
System and method for an automated sense and avoid system for an electric aircraft
Nicholas Moy, South Burlington, VT (US); Collin Freiheit, Burlington, VT (US); and Joshua E. Auerbach, Waterbury Center, VT (US)
Assigned to BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed by BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,595.
Int. Cl. G08G 5/04 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/045 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0086 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated sense and avoid system for a manned electric aircraft, the system comprising:
a flight controller communicatively connected to an electric aircraft, wherein the flight controller is configured to:
receive a plurality of flight inputs from a sensor;
identify an impact element as a function of the plurality of flight inputs, wherein identifying the impact element comprises identifying a predictive degradation as a function of the impact and wherein the predictive degradation includes one or more failure events comprising of any event that degrades an ability of one or more flight components that are determined as a function of a collision, wherein the predictive degradation comprises a degradation of a rotor of the one or more flight components;
generate a navigation status as a function of a directional vector and the impact element;
produce a flight modification as a function of the navigation status; and
initiate the flight modification as a function of an automated process.