# US 11,442,472 B1 · System and method for automated flight plan reporting in an electric aircraft

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- Number: US 11,442,472 B1
- Document ID: US11442472B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/406,912
- Filed: 2021-08-19
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19
- Assignees: Beta Air, LLC
- Applicants: Beta Air, LLC
- Inventors: Alexander Hoekje List; Vincent Moeykens
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442472B1

## CPC

- B64D 43/00: Arrangements or adaptations of instruments
- B64D 27/34: All-electric aircraft
- B64D 45/00: Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for
- G01C 23/005: {Flight directors (indicating arrangements specially adapted for rotary gyroscopes G01C19/32)}
- G05D 1/0038: {by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation (images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246)}
- G05D 1/101: {specially adapted for aircraft}
- G05D 1/2247: {providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras}
- G05D 1/46: Control of position or course in three dimensions [3D]
- G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units}
- G06F 16/22: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
- G06F 21/31: User authentication
- G06F 21/602: {Providing cryptographic facilities or services}
- G08G 5/21: located onboard the aircraft
- G08G 5/26: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations
- G08G 5/34: for flight plan modification
- G08G 5/53: for cruising
- H04L 63/0428: {wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload}
- H04L 63/0884: {by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity}
- G06N 3/08: Learning methods
- G06N 20/00: Machine learning
- G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis}
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft
- G09G 2358/00: Arrangements for display data security
- G09G 2370/04: Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
- G09G 2370/16: Use of wireless transmission of display information
- G09G 2380/12: Avionics applications
- B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

A system for automated flight plan reporting for an electric aircraft, the system including a flight controller coupled to the electric aircraft configured to receive a digital datum from a remote device, generate a plan adjustment datum as a function of the digital datum, and transmit the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display, a pilot display coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display is configured to receive the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller, display the plan adjustment datum to a user; and receive a confirmation datum from the user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for automated flight plan reporting for an electric aircraft, the system comprising:
a flight controller coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the flight controller is configured to:
receive a digital datum from a remote device, wherein:
the remote device is an authentication broker; and
the digital datum includes a credential;
authenticate the credential;
generate a plan adjustment datum as a function of the authenticated digital datum; and
transmit the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display;
a pilot display coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display is configured to:
receive the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller;
display the plan adjustment datum to a user; and
receive a confirmation datum from the user.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to receive the digital datum as a function of a remote device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to transmit the plan adjustment datum to the remote device as a function of the confirmation datum.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to:
transmit a credential to a broker; and
receive a token from the broker.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the flight controller is further configured to transmit the token to the remote device as a function of the confirmation datum.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the remote device is a flight management device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to transmit the flight adjustment datum using a digital radio standard.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to encrypt the flight adjustment datum.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to decrypt an encrypted confirmation datum.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller is further configured to:
store the digital datum in a database; and
store the plan adjustment datum in the database as a function of the confirmation datum.

### Claim 11

A method for automated flight plan reporting in an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
receiving, by a flight controller, a digital datum from a remote device wherein:
the remote device is an authentication broker; and
the digital datum includes a credential;
authenticate the credential;
generating, by the flight controller, a plan adjustment datum as a function of the authenticated digital datum;
transmitting, by the flight controller, the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display;
receiving, by a pilot display, the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller;
displaying, at the pilot display, the plan adjustment datum to a user; and
receiving, at the pilot display a confirmation datum from the user.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein method further comprises receiving, by the flight controller, the digital datum as a function of a remote device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the remote device is an authentication broker.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein method further comprises transmitting, by the flight controller, the plan adjustment datum to the remote device as a function of the confirmation datum.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein method further comprises:
transmitting, by the flight controller, a credential to a broker; and
receiving, by the flight controller, a token from the broker.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the method further transmitting, by the flight controller, the token to the remote device as a function of the confirmation datum.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein method further comprises transmitting, by the flight controller, the flight adjustment datum using a digital radio standard.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein method further comprises receiving the confirmation datum, at the flight controller.

### Claim 19 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:
storing, by the flight controller, the digital datum in a database; and
storing, by the flight controller, the plan adjustment datum in the database as a function of the confirmation datum.