Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for landing and storing vertical take-off and landing aircraft
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Application No.: US16405436Application Date: 2019-05-07
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Publication No.: US11416008B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Jon David Petersen , Ian Villa , John Conway Badalamenti
- 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: G05D1/10
- IPC: G05D1/10 ; B64C29/00 ; E04H6/44 ; G08G5/00 ; G08G5/02

Abstract:
A computing system for landing and storing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can be configured to receive aircraft data, passenger data, or environment data associated with a VTOL aircraft and determine a landing pad location within a landing facility based on the aircraft data, passenger data, and/or environment data. The landing facility can include a lower level and an upper level. The lower level can include a lower landing area and a lower storage area. The upper level can include an upper landing area. At least a portion of the upper level can be arranged over the lower storage area. The landing pad location can include a location within the lower landing area or the upper landing area of the landing facility. The computing system can communicate the landing pad location to an operator or a navigation system of the VTOL aircraft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190339720A1 System and Method for Landing and Storing Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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