Site local servers for vehicle management
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsKizhedath Rohith Menon, Kosuke Hata, Kentaro Kawamoto
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Abstract
An electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) multicopter which includes a communications interface configured to establish a communication channel between a site local server and the eVTOL multicopter and send a vehicle identifier and vehicle state information from the eVTOL multicopter to the site local server. The eVTOL multicopter also includes a processor configured to perform a management operation received from the site local server, wherein the site local server is configured to determine the management operation based at least in part on the vehicle identifier and the vehicle state information.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a communications interface configured to:
- establish a communication channel with an electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) multicopter over a hidden wireless network including by authenticating the eVTOL multicopter using a network credential received from the eVTOL multicopter, wherein the eVTOL multicopter is preconfigured with a network name for the hidden wireless network;
- and
- receive a network credential including a vehicle identifier and a vehicle software version from the eVTOL multicopter;
- a memory coupled to the communications interface and configured to store associations between vehicle identifiers and vehicle software versions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the communications interface and configured to:
- determine a management operation associated with the eVTOL multicopter based at least in part on the received vehicle identifier and the received vehicle software version;
- and
- send the management operation to the eVTOL multicopter.
A method, comprising:
- establishing, by a site local server, a communication channel with an electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) multicopter over a hidden wireless network including by authenticating the eVTOL multicopter using a network credential received from the eVTOL multicopter, wherein the eVTOL multicopter is preconfigured with a network name for the hidden wireless network;
- receiving a network credential including a vehicle identifier and a vehicle software to version from the eVTOL multicopter, wherein a memory associated with the site local server is configured to store associations between vehicle identifiers and vehicle software versions;
- determining a management operation associated with the eVTOL multicopter based at least in part on the received vehicle identifier and the received vehicle software version;
- and
- sending the management operation to the eVTOL multicopter.
A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- establishing, by a site local server, a communication channel with an electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) multicopter over a hidden wireless network including by authenticating the eVTOL multicopter using a network credential received from the eVTOL multicopter, wherein the eVTOL multicopter is preconfigured with a network name for the hidden wireless network;
- receiving a network credential including a vehicle identifier and a vehicle software version from the eVTOL multicopter, wherein a memory associated with the site local server is configured to store associations between vehicle identifiers and vehicle software versions;
- determining a management operation associated with the eVTOL multicopter based at least in part on the received vehicle identifier and the received vehicle software version;
- and
- sending the management operation to the eVTOL multicopter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.