Granted Patent B2

US 11,900,818 · App. 16/897,699 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Inventors: Alireza Rostamzadeh (Foster City, CA); Rohit Goyal (San Francisco, CA); Ryan Cunningham (San Francisco, CA); Jane Yen Hung (San Francisco, CA); Stanley Swaintek (Mill Valley, CA)

Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.

G08G5/0034G01C21/20G06N5/04G06N20/00G08G5/0047G01W1/10

Abstract

Claims (94)

1. A system, comprising:

hardware processing circuitry;

one or more hardware memories storing instructions that when executed configure the hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

receiving measurements of dynamic feature data for a geographic region;

determining static features for the geographic region;

generating a predicted background noise loudness in the geographic region during a defined time period using a model, the model trained on training data including historical measurements of dynamic feature data for a plurality of regions over a plurality of training time periods and static features of the plurality of regions, wherein the geographic region is absent from the plurality of regions, wherein the defined time period occurs after the plurality, of training time periods;

determining, based on the predicted background noise loudness, whether to route an aircraft through the geographic region;

determining a route and one or more operating constraints based on the predicted background noise loudness in the geographic region, the one or more operating constraints indicative of at least one of: a take-off maneuver or a landing maneuver associated with the route;

selecting an aircraft, from among a plurality of different aircrafts, for the route based on the predicted background noise loudness, the one or more operating constraints, and capabilities of the aircraft; and

routing the aircraft through a particular geographic region based on the determined route.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the predicted background noise loudness predicts the background noise loudness at a particular time of day and a particular date within the defined time period, and the historical measurements of the dynamic feature data are correlated with a time of day and a date of the historical measurements.

3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

wherein generating the predicted background noise loudness comprises:

predicting a first background noise loudness in a first region during the defined time period based on the model;

predicting a second background noise loudness in a second region during the defined time period based on the model;

determining the first background noise loudness is higher than the second background noise loudness; and

wherein routing the aircraft comprises routing the aircraft through the first region during the defined time period in response to the determination.

4. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

wherein generating the predicted background noise loudness comprises generating, based on the model and for each of the plurality of regions in a map, a predicted background noise loudness of the respective region;

wherein determining the route comprises:

identifying an origin and destination;

identifying a plurality of routes from the origin to the destination, each of the plurality of routes including at least one of the plurality of regions in the map;

determining a comparison of the predicted background noise loudness of the at least one of the plurality of regions included in a first route of the plurality of routes to the predicted background noise loudness of the at least one of the plurality of regions included in a second route of the plurality of routes; and

selecting the first route or the second route based on the comparison; and

wherein routing the aircraft comprises routing the aircraft over the selected route.

5. The system of claim 4 , the operations further comprising:

aggregating predicted background noise loudness of regions included in the first route; and

aggregating predicted background noise loudness of regions included in the second route, wherein the selection of the first route or the second route is based on the first route aggregating and the second route aggregating.

6. The system of claim 4 , the operations further comprising:

determining a minimum predicted background noise loudness along the selected route;

comparing the minimum predicted background noise loudness to a noise threshold; and

determining an altitude for the aircraft, along the selected route to be above a predefined altitude in response to the minimum predicted background noise loudness being below the noise threshold.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the capabilities of the aircraft are indicative of the ability of the aircraft to perform one or more maneuvers for the route and complete the route without violating a noise threshold given the predicted background noise loudness.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the take-off maneuver comprises a take-off angle and the landing maneuver comprises a landing angle.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed configure hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

receiving measurements of dynamic feature data for a geographic region;

determining static features for the geographic region; and

generating a predicted background noise loudness in the geographic region during a defined time period using a model, the model trained on training data including historical measurements of dynamic feature data for a plurality of regions over a plurality of training time periods and static features of the plurality of regions, wherein the geographic region is absent from the plurality of regions, wherein the defined time period occurs after the plurality of training time periods;

determining, based on the predicted background noise loudness, whether to route an aircraft through the geographic region;

determining a route and one or more operating constraints based on the predicted background noise loudness in the geographic region, the one or more operating constraints indicative of at least one of: a take-off maneuver or a landing maneuver associated with the route;

selecting an aircraft, from among a plurality of different aircrafts, for the route based on the predicted background noise loudness, the one or more operating constraints, and capabilities of the aircraft; and

routing the aircraft through the geographic region based on the determined route.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

wherein generating the predicted background noise loudness comprises:

predicting a first background noise loudness in a first region during the defined time period based on the model;

predicting a second background noise loudness in a second region during the defined time period based on the model;

determining the first background noise loudness is higher than the second background noise loudness; and

wherein routing the aircraft comprises routing the aircraft through the first region during the defined time period in response to the determination.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

wherein generating the predicted background noise loudness comprises generating, based on the model and for each of the plurality of regions in a map, a predicted background noise loudness of the respective region;

wherein determining the route comprises:

identifying an origin and destination of an aircraft;

identifying a plurality of routes from the origin to the destination, each of the plurality of routes including at least one of the plurality of regions in the map;

determining a comparison of the predicted background noise loudness of the at least one of the plurality of regions included in a first route of the plurality of routes to the predicted background noise loudness of the at least one of the plurality of regions included in a second route of the plurality of routes; and

selecting the first route or the second route based on the comparison; and

wherein routing the aircraft comprises routing the aircraft over the selected route.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

aggregating predicted background noise loudness of regions included in the first route; and

aggregating predicted background noise loudness of regions included in the second route, wherein the selection of the first route or the second route is based on the first route aggregating and the second route aggregating.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

determining a minimum predicted background noise loudness along the selected route;

comparing the minimum predicted background noise loudness to a noise threshold; and

determining an altitude for the aircraft along the selected route to be above a predefined altitude in response to the minimum predicted background noise loudness being below the noise threshold.

14. A method performed by hardware processing circuitry, comprising:

receiving measurements of dynamic feature data for a geographic region;

determining static features for the geographic region; and

generating a predicted background noise loudness in the geographic region during a defined time period using a model, the model trained on training data including historical measurements of dynamic feature data for a plurality of regions over a plurality of training time periods and static features of the plurality of regions, wherein the geographic region is absent from the plurality of regions, wherein the defined time period occurs after the plurality of training time periods;

determining, based on the predicted background noise loudness, whether to route an aircraft through the geographic region;

determining a route and one or more operating constraints based on the predicted background noise loudness in the geographic region, the one or more operating constraints indicative of at least one of: a take-off maneuver or a landing maneuver associated with the route;

selecting an aircraft, from among a plurality of different aircrafts, for the route based on the predicted background noise loudness, the one or more operating constraints, and capabilities of the aircraft; and

routing the aircraft through the geographic region based on the determined route.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generating of the predicted background noise loudness predicts the background noise loudness at a particular time of day and a particular date within the defined time period, and the historical measurements of the dynamic feature data are correlated with a time of day and a date of the historical measurements.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

wherein generating the predicted background noise loudness comprises:

predicting a first background noise loudness in a first region during the defined time period based on the model;

predicting a second background noise loudness in a second region during the defined time period based on the model;

determining the first background noise loudness is higher than the second background noise loudness; and

wherein routing the aircraft comprises routing the aircraft through the first region during the defined time period in response to the determination.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

wherein generating the predicted background noise loudness comprises generating, based on the model and for each of the plurality of regions in a map, a predicted background noise loudness of the respective region;

wherein determining the route comprises:

identifying an origin and destination of an aircraft;

identifying a plurality of routes from the origin to the destination, each of the plurality of routes including at least one of the plurality of regions in the map;

determining a comparison of the predicted background noise loudness of the at least one of the plurality of regions included in a first route of the plurality of routes to the predicted background noise loudness of the at least one of the plurality of regions included in a second route of the plurality of routes;

selecting the first route or the second route based on the comparison; and

wherein routing the aircraft comprises routing the aircraft over the selected route.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

aggregating predicted background noise loudness of regions included in the first route; and

aggregating predicted background noise loudness of regions included in the second route, wherein the selection of the first route or the second route is based on the first route aggregating and the second route aggregating.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

determining a minimum predicted background noise loudness along the selected route;

comparing the minimum predicted background noise loudness to a noise threshold; and

determining an altitude for the aircraft along the selected route to be above a predefined altitude in response to the minimum predicted background noise loudness being below the noise threshold.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the dynamic features are indicative of at least one of: weather, sound levels, or traffic associated with the geographic area; and wherein the static features are indicative of at least one of: elevation, vegetation, topography, or a distance to a road associated with the geographic area.

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