Determining VTOL Departure Time in an Aviation Transport Network for Efficient Resource Management

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. the client device is sent an itinerary for servicing the transport request including a leg serviced by the vtol aircraft. confirmation is received that the rider has boarded the vtol aircraft and determination made as to whether the vtol aircraft should wait for additional riders. instruction are sent to the vtol aircraft to take-off if one or more conditions are met.

Inventor(s): Nikhil Goel, Jon David Petersen, John Conway Badalamenti, Mark Moore

CPC Classification: G08G5/56 (TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic ; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals ; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control , , ; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes , , }))

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