US 12,242,285 B2
System and method for aircraft configuration checking
Matthew George, Boston, MA (US); Alexander Naiman, Boston, MA (US); Angel Macias, Boston, MA (US); Aubrey Kalashian, Boston, MA (US); and Kevin Elfenbein, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Merlin Labs, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Merlin Labs, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/423,149.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/444,145, filed on Feb. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/441,103, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0248481 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/2285 (2024.01); G05D 109/20 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/2285 (2024.01) [G05D 2109/20 (2024.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an aircraft, comprising:
at a first computing system, determining an aircraft transition event;
in response to the aircraft transition event, automatically initializing a checklist procedure to verify an aircraft configuration with the first computing system, the checklist procedure comprising a plurality of checks,
for a first subset of the plurality of checks: prompting a pilot to verify a respective state parameter of the aircraft configuration and confirming the respective state parameter based on a pilot input, and
for a remainder of the plurality of checks: autonomously verifying a respective state parameter of an aircraft configuration based on a set of onboard sensors and notifying the pilot of the verification; and
automatically performing an action, with the first computing system, based on the checklist procedure.