US 11,953,329 B2
Planning system for multimodal travel
Zarrin Chua, Boston, MA (US); Martin Kearney-Fischer, Boston, MA (US); and Francisco A. Navarro Félix, Lucerne (CH)
Assigned to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed by Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,863.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,185, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290998 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2017.01)
CPC G01C 21/3423 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3446 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); B64F 1/366 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for planning multimodal travel, the method comprising a computer system:
receiving a planning request for the multimodal travel from a first location to a second location;
determining a set of candidate routes for a passenger that is customized for a set of customization parameters using the first location, the second location, wherein a candidate route in the set of candidate routes comprises a first leg from the first location to a first vertiport via a first modality, a second leg for an air vehicle to travel from the first vertiport to a second vertiport using an air modality, and a third leg from the second vertiport to the second location using a second modality;
assigning and placing on hold a set of resources for legs comprising the set of candidate routes when the set of candidate routes is created;
selecting the candidate route in the set of candidate routes to form a route for the multimodal travel for the passenger when a user input is received selecting the candidate route; and
releasing from hold a set of resources for legs in unselected candidate routes when the candidate route is selected to form the route for the multimodal travel.