Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining VTOL departure time in an aviation transport network for efficient resource management
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Application No.: US16367874Application Date: 2019-03-28
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Publication No.: US11295622B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Nikhil Goel , Jon David Petersen , John Conway Badalamenti , Mark Moore
- Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Cruz
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; B64C29/00 ; G06Q10/06 ; G05D1/10 ; G06Q50/30 ; G08G5/02 ; B64C17/08
Abstract:
A request for transport services that identifies a rider, an origin, and a destination is received from a client device. Eligibility of the request to be serviced by a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is determined based on the origin and the destination. The client device is sent an itinerary for servicing the transport request including a leg serviced by the VTOL aircraft. Confirmation is received that the rider has boarded the VTOL aircraft and determination made as to whether the VTOL aircraft should wait for additional riders. Instruction are sent to the VTOL aircraft to take-off if one or more conditions are met.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190325757A1 DETERMINING VTOL DEPARTURE TIME IN AN AVIATION TRANSPORT NETWORK FOR EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2019-10-24
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