公开(公告)号：US20220208010A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17570071

申请日：2022-01-06

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Ian Andreas Villa ,  Thomas Prevot ,  John Conway Badalamenti ,  Mark Moore

IPC: G08G5/00 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  B64C29/00 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A request for transport services that identifies a rider, an origin, and a destination is received from a client device. Eligibility of the request to be serviced by a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is determined based on the origin and the destination. A transportation system determines a first and a second hub for a leg of the transport request serviced by the VTOL aircraft and calculates a set of candidate routes from the first hub to the second hub. A provisioned route is selected from among the set of candidate routes based on network and environmental parameters and objectives including pre-determined acceptable noise levels, weather, and the presence and planned routes of other VTOL aircrafts along each of the candidate routes.

公开(公告)号：US11345469B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16688970

申请日：2019-11-19

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Alan McDonald ,  Mark Moore ,  Ian Andreas Villa

IPC: B64C29/00 ,  B64C27/26 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64D9/00

Abstract: An aerial vehicle that uses motor pulsed-induced cyclic control is provided. In example embodiments, the aerial vehicle comprises a fuselage incorporating a battery system and a payload bay for operatively receiving and holding a payload and at least one mono-blade rotor coupled to an electric motor and an electric motor control system. The electric motor control system controls the electric motor using pulse-induced cyclic control. The aerial vehicle further includes at least one wing, at least one cruise propeller, and an avionics system. The avionic system is configured to transition the aerial vehicle between a vertical take-off and landing mode in which the at least one mono-blade rotor is primarily engaged to propel the aerial vehicle vertically and a cruising mode in which the at least one cruise propeller is primarily engaged to propel the aerial vehicle horizontally.