# US 11,897,627 B2 · Systems and methods for data verification at start up > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,627 B2 - Document ID: US11897627B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/954,016 - Filed: 2022-09-27 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-13 - Assignees: Beta Air, LLC - Applicants: Beta Air, LLC - Inventors: Vincent Moeykens; Alexander Hoekje List - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897627B2 ## CPC - G06N 20/00: Machine learning - B64C 29/0016: {the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers} - B64D 27/31: within, or attached to, wings - B64D 27/34: All-electric aircraft - B64D 45/00: Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for - G05D 1/102: {specially adapted for vertical take-off of aircraft} - G05D 1/652: Take-off (delivering or retrieving payloads G05D1/667) - G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers} - B64D 2045/0085: {Devices for aircraft health monitoring, e.g. monitoring flutter or vibration} - 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 1/222: operated by humans - G07C 5/0808: {Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005)} - G07C 5/0825: {using optical means} - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a data verification of electrical electric components and software systems electronically or mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft by a novel process which starts an electric aircraft and receives physical and software information for each aircraft component or system and determines the status of the health of each of those components or systems. An embodiment may further include a monitoring system configured to measure a plurality of data from each aircraft component and a flight controller communicatively coupled to the monitoring system, wherein the data verification can be performed by the flight controller. Further embodiments may include the flight controller generating an output datum from the assessment produced by the data verification and displaying it to a pilot via an output device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for data verification of an electric aircraft at start up, the system comprising: at least an electrical component; a health monitoring system comprising a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect an operational datum from the at least an electric component; a flight controller communicatively connected to the at least an electrical component, the flight controller configured to: start the electric aircraft; receive an operational datum from the health monitoring system; identify a software datum of each software system of a plurality of software systems of the electric aircraft; perform a data verification, wherein the data verification comprises using a machine-learning process configured to: receive the operational datum and the software datum as inputs; and determine an assessment datum and a software status datum as a function of the inputs, wherein the software status datum includes a comparison of the software datum to an acceptance criterion; and generate an output datum from the assessment datum and the software status datum; and an output device, wherein the output device comprises a heads-up display (HUD) disposed in a pilot headwear, the output device configured to: display the output datum. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data verification system includes the starting of an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least an electrical component includes at least a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the health monitoring system includes at least a sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the sensor may include a plurality of sensors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least a sensor includes a gyroscope. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least a sensor includes a motion sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least a sensor includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least an electrical component includes a propulsor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least an electrical component includes at least an electric energy source. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least an electrical component includes a landing gear. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the flight controller further includes at least one software system, the at least one software system comprising: at least a flight navigation system; at least a flight communication system; and at least a flight control system, wherein the software status datum includes a software status datum of the flight navigation system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the output datum further comprises a warning sign indicating a system's software is outdated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the heads-up display further comprises a computing device including a graphical user interface (GUI). ### Claim 15 A method of data verification of an electric aircraft at start up, the method comprising: starting an electric aircraft; detecting an operational datum from at least an electric component; receiving the operational datum as a function of a monitoring system or a plurality of monitoring systems; determining an assessment datum, as a function of the operational datum and an aircraft system database; receiving, by a flight controller, a software datum from each software system; determining a software status datum, as a function of the software datum and the aircraft system database; generating an output datum from the assessment datum and the software status datum as a function of the aircraft system database; and displaying, by an output device, the output datum as function of the data verification, wherein the output device comprises a heads-up display (HUD) disposed in a pilot headwear. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the detecting of the operational datum further comprises checking a state of health of the at least an electric component. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the determining of the software status datum comprises comparing the software datum with a software version table as a function of the aircraft system database. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the output datum further comprises a signal representing a software version state of each monitoring system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the correct version of a software system for each monitoring system comprises a software version that is older than the latest version. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying of the output datum further comprises using a text notification.