Systems and methods for the remote piloting of an electric aircraft
AssigneeBeta Air, LLC
InventorsNicholas Moy, Collin Freiheit, Joshua E. Auerbach
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Abstract
A system and method for the remote piloting of an electric aircraft is illustrated. The system comprises a remote device located outside an electric aircraft, wherein the remote device is configured to receive a flight command input from a user and transmit the flight command input to a flight controller located on the aircraft. The flight controller is located inside the aircraft and configured to receive the flight command input from the remote device and enact the flight command autonomously as a function of the flight command input.
Claims20
A system for remote piloting of an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a remote device located outside and communicatively connected to the aircraft, wherein:
- the remote device comprises a pilot input configured to receive a flight command input from a user;
- and
- the remote device is configured to:
- transmit the flight command input to a flight controller located on the aircraft, wherein flight command input configures the flight controller to enact a flight command autonomously based on the flight command input, and wherein enacting the flight command autonomously based on the flight command input comprises:
- providing input data determined based on the flight command input to a machine learning model,
- receiving the flight command from the machine learning model, and
- controlling the aircraft based on the flight command;
- and
- receive sensor input from the flight controller.
A method for remote piloting of an aircraft (eVTOL), the method comprising:
- locating a remote device outside and communicatively connected to the aircraft, wherein the remote device comprises pilot input configured to receive a flight command input from a user;
- transmitting, at a remote device, the flight command input to a flight controller located on the aircraft, wherein flight command input configures the flight controller to enact a flight command autonomously based on the flight command input, and wherein enacting the flight command autonomously based on the flight command input comprises:
- providing input data determined based on the flight command input to a machine learning model,
- receiving the flight command from the machine learning model, and
- controlling the aircraft based on the flight command;
- and
- receive, from the flight controller, sensor input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.