US 12,391,364 B2
Systems and methods for aircraft function prioritization and allocation
Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Mountain View, CA (US); Sang Gyun Park, Campbell, CA (US); and Jenner Grey Richards, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/029,343.
Application 19/029,343 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2024/037417, filed on Jul. 10, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/610,327, filed on Dec. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/512,784, filed on Jul. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0162708 A1, May 22, 2025
Int. Cl. B64C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 13/00 (2013.01) 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for command prioritization in an aircraft, the method comprising:
receiving, using at least one hardware processor, a pilot command;
analyzing, using the at least one hardware processor, the pilot command to determine characteristics associated with the pilot command, the characteristics relating to airspeed and climb of an aircraft;
assigning, using the at least one hardware processor, weights to characteristics associated with the pilot command based on constraint data;
determining, using the at least one hardware processor, a priority of execution between airspeed and climb based on the weights assigned to the characteristics associated with the pilot command;
calculating, using the at least one hardware processor, a correction factor based on the determined priority;
updating, using the at least one hardware processor, the characteristics associated with the pilot command by applying the correction factor to the characteristics; and
generating, using the at least one hardware processor, at least one actuator command to control the aircraft based on the updated characteristics associated with the pilot command.