US 11,990,046 B2
Apparatus for electric aircraft communication
Thomas Henck, South Burlington, VT (US)
Assigned to BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed by BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,448.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410663 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/0013 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for electric aircraft communication, comprising:
a first electric aircraft comprising a manned aircraft
a first networking component installed on the first electric aircraft, wherein the first networking component is communicatively connected to at least a subchannel of a communicative connection wherein the at least a subchannel is further configured to communicate with a second networking component, wherein the first networking component is configured to transmit and receive cellular signals from the second networking component;
at least a processor installed on the first electric aircraft and communicatively connected to the first networking component, wherein the at least a processor is further configured to:
establish a communicative connection between the first networking component and the second networking component as a function of a communication criterion, wherein the communication criterion comprises an altitude between 100 ft and 2500 ft; and
compare the communication criterion to a communication parameter using an optimization criterion; and
a memory installed on the first electric aircraft and communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to:
detect a communicative connection to a ground-based network node; and
send a communication to a second networking component using the communicative connection to the ground-based network node.