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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11970294-B2
Application number	US-202217824382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2022
Priority date	May 25, 2022
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 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 electric aircraft, comprising:
at least a battery pack disposed in the electric aircraft;
at least a sensing device communicatively connected to the at least a battery pack, the at least a sensing device configured to:
measure at least a parameter of the at least a battery pack of the electric aircraft; and
generate aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the at least a battery pack of the electric aircraft; and

an apparatus for determining a resource remaining datum, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to:
receive the aircraft data from the at least a sensing device;
determine a first reserve energy according to the aircraft data and a first flight plan that includes a hover flight mode;
determine a second reserve energy according to the aircraft data and a second flight plan that includes a cruising flight mode and does not include a hover flight mode; and
generate at least one power saving flight plan as a function of the determined first and second reserve energy, the power saving flight plan comprising a flight path adjustment, wherein the electric aircraft is controlled based on the power saving flight plan.

2. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the determined first and second reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the battery pack of the electric aircraft; and
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 electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft comprises a current charge of the battery pack.

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

5. The electric aircraft of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the resource remaining datum by utilizing a machine learning model trained to output the resource remaining datum as a function of training data, the aircraft data, and the first and second reserve energy, wherein the training data comprises correlating reserve energy labels, flight mode labels, and battery labels.

6. The electric aircraft of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the power saving flight plan on a pilot indicator communicatively connected to the processor.

7. The electric aircraft of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to alert a user when the resource remaining datum approaches zero.

8. A method for determining a resource remaining datum of an electric aircraft, comprising:
measuring, by at least a sensing device disposed on the electric aircraft, at least a parameter of a battery pack of the electric aircraft;
generating, by the at least a sensing device, aircraft data as a function of the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft;
receiving, by a processor, aircraft data from the at least a sensing device communicatively connected to the electric aircraft;
determining, by the processor, a first reserve energy according to the aircraft data and a first flight plan that includes a hover flight mode;
determining, by the processor, a second reserve energy according to the aircraft data and a second flight plan that includes a cruising flight mode and does not include a hover flight mode;
and
generating, by the processor, at least one power saving flight plan as a function of the determined first and second reserve energy, the power saving flight plan comprising a flight path adjustment, wherein the electric aircraft is controlled based on the power saving flight plan.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a resource remaining datum as a function of the aircraft data and the determined first and second reserve energy, wherein the resource remaining datum is related to the battery pack of the electric aircraft;
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.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the at least a parameter of the battery pack of the electric aircraft comprises a current charge of the battery pack.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the first reserve energy comprises utilizing a machine learning model trained to output the first 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.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining the resource remaining datum comprises utilizing a machine learning model trained to output the resource remaining datum as a function of training data, the aircraft data, and the first and second reserve energy, wherein the training data comprises correlating reserve energy labels, flight mode labels, and battery labels.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying the power saving flight plan on a pilot indicator communicatively connected to the processor.

14. The method of claim 9 , 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