Payload Management for Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Utilizing Ground Transportation
AssigneeJoby Elevate, Inc.
InventorsIan Andreas Villa, John Conway Badalamenti, Mark Moore, Adam Warmoth
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present application describes a payload management system that routes a payload item associated with an individual from an origin to a destination. In some examples, the payload item is routed from the origin to the destination separate from a travel itinerary associated with the individual. For example, the payload item can be routed via a vehicle other than a VTOL aircraft that is assigned to the individual for a multi-modal transportation service.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- accessing, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, data indicative of a potential itinerary request for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and payload information associated with an individual, the data indicative of the potential itinerary request specifying an origin and a destination and being associated with a computing device of an individual;
- determining, based at least in part on the data indicative of the potential itinerary request and the payload information, a potential itinerary and an associated VTOL aircraft, wherein the VTOL aircraft is associated with transporting the individual;
- and
- providing, by the computing system for display via the computing device, data indicative of the potential itinerary, the data indicative of the potential itinerary including payload routing information for routing a payload item associated with the payload information from the origin to the destination using a vehicle other than the associated VTOL aircraft.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations, comprising:
- accessing data indicative of a potential itinerary request for an aircraft and payload information associated with an individual, the data indicative of the potential itinerary request including an origin and a destination;
- determining a first itinerary for the individual, the first itinerary being associated with a particular aircraft and being based, at least in part, on the origin, the destination and the payload information;
- determining a second itinerary for the individual, the second itinerary including payload routing information for routing a payload item associated with the payload information from a first location to a second location using a vehicle other than the particular aircraft;
- and
- providing, for display via a user interface of a computing device associated with the individual, at least one of the first itinerary or the second itinerary.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media that store instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- accessing information associated with an individual and payload information associated with the individual;
- determining an itinerary associated with the individual, the itinerary identifying a particular vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft;
- determining whether a payload item associated with the payload information will cause a payload threshold of the particular VTOL aircraft to be exceeded when the payload item is loaded on the particular VTOL aircraft;
- and
- when it is determined the payload item associated with the payload information will cause the payload threshold of the particular VTOL aircraft to be exceeded, providing, for display via a user interface of a computing device associated with the individual, routing information for the payload item in which the payload item is routed to a destination on a vehicle other than the particular VTOL aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.