US 12,475,799 B2
System and method for encoding mission configuration and passenger experience data for urban air mobility (UAM) passenger transport
Boe A. Svatek, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Nicholas J. Liberko, Marion, IA (US); Patrick Cosgrove, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); and Andrew Donnelly, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to ARINC Incorporated, Annapolis, MD (US)
Filed by ARINC Incorporated, Annapolis, MD (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,060.
Prior Publication US 2024/0331551 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 5/34 (2025.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01)
CPC G08G 5/34 (2025.01) [G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G08G 5/26 (2025.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transporting passengers via an urban air mobility (UAM) system, comprising:
receiving, via one or more processors, a request from a passenger for airborne transit of the passenger from an origin port to a destination port, wherein each of the origin port and the destination port includes one of an airport or a vertiport configured for departures and arrivals of at least one uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) of the UAM system;
generating, via the one or more processors, at least one transport plan based on the received request, the at least one transport plan comprising:
passenger experience data including a unique passenger identifier corresponding to the passenger;
and
a flight plan assigning at least one UAS for fulfillment of the request, the flight plan further comprising:
at least one set of flight instructions executable via a control system of the at least one UAS in fulfillment of the flight plan; and
a communications plan enabling the at least one UAS to communicate with at least one ground-based control facility;
generating, via the one or more processors and according to one or more visual encoding schemes, at least one set of unique encoded flight data based on the at least one transport plan, the at least one set of unique encoded flight data downloadable to a mobile computing device carried by the passenger and decodable by at least one flight plan reader to at least one of:
confirm a presence of the passenger at the origin port;
configure the control system of the at least one UAS to fulfill the flight plan;
or
confirm an arrival of the passenger at the destination port;
providing the at least one set of unique encoded flight data to the mobile computing device;
and
operating the at least one UAS according to the flight plan via at least one of a remote operator or an onboard control system.