Apparatus and a method for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11861948-B2
Application number	US-202217889538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2022
Priority date	May 25, 2022
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

An apparatus for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to receive aircraft data from at least a sensing device, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of a battery pack of the electric aircraft and generate aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft. The memory contains instructions configuring the processor to determine a reserve energy as a function of a flight mode of the electric aircraft and determine a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the battery pack of the electric aircraft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for determining a resource remaining datum of a hybrid aircraft, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to:
receive aircraft data from at least a sensing device, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to:
measure at least a parameter of a fuel level of the hybrid aircraft; and
generate aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the fuel level of the hybrid aircraft;

determine a reserve energy as a function of a flight mode of the hybrid aircraft; and
determine a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the fuel level of the hybrid aircraft.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to communicate the resource remaining datum to a pilot indicator communicatively connected to the processor, wherein the pilot indicator is configured to display the resource remaining datum to a user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reserve energy is based on a flight plan of the hybrid aircraft.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the hybrid aircraft comprises a battery pack, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of the battery pack of the hybrid aircraft, wherein the aircraft data is a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a plurality of resource remaining data based on a plurality of flight modes.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine reserve energy by utilizing a machine learning model trained to output reserve energy as a function of training data and the flight mode, wherein the training data comprises correlating reserve energy labels to the flight mode labels.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the resource remaining datum by utilizing a machine learning model trained to output resource remaining datum as a function of training data, the aircraft data, and the reserve energy, wherein the training data comprises correlating reserve energy labels, flight mode labels, and generator labels.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor and the memory communicatively connected to the processor is further configured to generate a power saving flight plan as a function of the resource remaining datum.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the power saving flight plan on a pilot indicator communicatively connected to the processor.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to alert a user when the resource remaining datum approaches zero.

11. A method for determining a resource remaining datum of a hybrid aircraft, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, aircraft data from at least a sensing device, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of a fuel level of the hybrid aircraft and generate aircraft data;
determining, by the processor, a reserve energy as a function of a flight mode of the hybrid aircraft; and
determining, by the processor, a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the fuel level of the hybrid aircraft.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
communicating the resource remaining datum to a pilot indicator in communication with the processor; and
displaying, using the pilot indicator, the resource remaining datum to a user.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the reserve energy is based on a flight plan of the hybrid aircraft.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the hybrid aircraft comprises a battery pack, wherein the at least a sensing device is configured to measure at least a parameter of the battery pack of the hybrid aircraft, wherein the aircraft data is a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining a resource remaining datum comprises determining a plurality of resource remaining data based on a plurality of flight modes.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the reserve energy comprises utilizing a machine learning model trained to output reserve energy as a function of training data and the flight mode, wherein the training data comprises correlating reserve energy labels and flight mode labels.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining resource remaining datum comprises utilizing a machine learning model trained to output resource remaining datum as a function of training data, the aircraft data, and the reserve energy, wherein the training data comprises correlating reserve energy labels, flight mode labels, and generator labels.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising generating a power saving flight plan as a function of the resource remaining datum.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising displaying the power saving flight plan on a pilot indicator communicatively connected to the processor.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising alerting a user when the resource remaining datum approaches zero.

Assignees

• Beta Air Llc

Inventors

• Foland Steven J
• Henck Thomas
• Wiegman Herman

Classifications

• B64D27/34

  All-electric aircraft · CPC title

• B64D27/31

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• B64D27/357

  using batteries · CPC title

• G08G5/34

  for flight plan modification · CPC title

• G08G5/30

  Flight plan management · CPC title