US 11,990,050 B2
Dynamic vertiport configuration
Jon David Petersen, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Rex J. Alexander, Fort Wayne, IN (US); and Stanley Stephen Swaintek, III, Mill Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to JOBY AERO, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,289.
Application 18/321,289 is a continuation of application No. 17/501,710, filed on Oct. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,694,561.
Application 17/501,710 is a continuation of application No. 16/248,170, filed on Jan. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,176,834, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0386348 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/0043 (2013.01) [B64C 29/00 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G08G 5/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
computing vertiport configuration data indicative of a number of parking pads and a number of final approach and takeoff (FATO) pads for a vertiport, wherein the vertiport is associated with a plurality of lighting devices disposed relative to a ground surface of the vertiport, wherein at least one FATO pad of the number of FATO pads is associated with a first lighting pattern and at least one parking pad of the number of parking pads is associated with a second lighting pattern that is different than the first lighting pattern; and
providing instructions for illuminating the number of parking pads and the number of FATO pads indicated by the vertiport configuration data, wherein the plurality of lighting devices illuminate one or more of the plurality of lighting devices to form the first lighting pattern and the second lighting pattern.