Electric aircraft with flight trajectory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11720125-B2
Application number	US-202217877763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 29, 2022
Priority date	Jul 1, 2021
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

An electric aircraft with flight trajectory planning. The electric aircraft includes a sensor. The sensor is coupled to the electric aircraft. The sensor is configured to detect a plurality of weather measurements. The electric aircraft includes a processor. The processor is communicatively connected to the sensor. The processor is configured to receive, from the sensor, a weather measurement of the plurality of weather measurements. The processor is configured to receive, from a user, a destination datum and a desired altitude datum. The processor is configured to determine an optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft as a function of the destination datum, weather datum, and altitude datum.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric aircraft with flight trajectory planning, the electric aircraft comprising:
a sensor coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a plurality of weather measurements; and
a processor communicatively connected to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, from the sensor, a weather measurement of the plurality of weather measurements;
receive, from a user, a destination datum; and
determine an optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft as a function of the destination datum and weather datum.

2. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein determining the optimal trajectory further comprises:
determining the optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft as a function of the destination datum, and the weather datum.

3. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the determining the optimal trajectory further comprises determining an optimal landing stage.

4. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the determining the optimal trajectory further comprises determining an optimal takeoff stage.

5. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the determining the optimal trajectory further comprises solving an optimization problem as a function of a plurality of parameters.

6. The electric aircraft of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of parameters includes weather, battery charge, battery health, and wind speed.

7. The electric aircraft of claim 5 , wherein solving the optimization problem further comprises optimizing an objective function of the plurality of parameters.

8. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines an optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft based on a health datum of the electric aircraft.

9. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines an optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft as a function of a set of aerodynamics and a propulsion system of the electric aircraft.

10. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines an optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft based on a fuel efficiency of the electric aircraft.

11. A method for flight trajectory planning of an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
detecting, using a sensor coupled to the electric aircraft, a plurality of weather measurements;
receiving, by a processor and from the sensor, a weather measurement of the plurality of weather measurements;
receiving, by the processor and from a user, a destination datum and a desired altitude datum; and
determining, by the processor, an optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft as a function of the destination datum and weather datum.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the optimal trajectory further comprises:
determining the optimal trajectory of the electric aircraft as a function of the destination datum, and the weather datum.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the optimal trajectory further comprises determining an optimal landing stage.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the optimal trajectory further comprises determining an optimal takeoff stage.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the optimal trajectory further comprises solving an optimization problem as a function of a plurality of parameters.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of parameters includes weather, battery charge, battery health, and wind speed.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein solving the optimization problem further comprises optimizing an objective function of the plurality of parameters.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining an optimal trajectory includes a minimization problem.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining an optimal trajectory includes a maximization problem.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the weather datum includes precipitation data.

Assignees

• Beta Air Llc

Inventors

• Freiheit Collin

Classifications

• B64D27/34

  All-electric aircraft · CPC title

• B64D27/31

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• G08G5/32

  for flight plan preparation · CPC title

• G08G5/57

  for unmanned aircraft · CPC title

• G08G5/54

  for approach or landing · CPC title