IP Library Granted Patent US 11,562,662
Granted Patent B1
US 11,562,662 · App. 17/527,328 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Systems and methods for modular mobile flight simulator for an electric aircraft

Inventor: Edward Hall (South Burlington, VT)
Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,562,662
App. No.
17/527,328
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A system for modular mobile flight simulator for an electric aircraft is presented. The system includes a simulator module include a concave display, a plurality of projection devices, a pilot interface, wherein the pilot includes a primary flight display and at least a pilot control communicatively connected to a sensor configured to detect a plurality of measure pilot data and generate a pilot datum. The system further includes a computing device configured to receive the pilot datum from the sensor, simulate an aircraft model of the electric aircraft as a function of the pilot datum, blend a plurality of images to be projected by the plurality of projection devices into a distinct image, display the distinct image onto the concave display, generate a feedback, and perform a physical feedback on the simulator module.

Claims (42)

1. A system for modular mobile flight simulator for an electric aircraft, the system comprising:

a simulator module, wherein the simulator module comprises:

a concave display, wherein the concave display is configured to implement a stereoscopic display, the stereoscopic display comprising a three-dimensional display;

a plurality of projection devices;

a pilot device; and

at least a pilot control communicatively connected to the pilot device and a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to:

detect a measured pilot data; and

generate a pilot datum as a function of the measured pilot data, wherein the pilot datum includes a status datum;

a computing device communicatively connected to the simulator module, the computing device configured to:

receive the pilot datum from the sensor;

simulate an aircraft model of the electric aircraft as a function of the pilot datum;

generate a feedback datum as a function of the at least a pilot control;

blend a plurality of images to be projected by the plurality of projection devices into a distinct image, wherein the plurality of images includes the feedback datum;

display the distinct image and the feedback datum onto the concave display as a function of the plurality of projection devices; and

perform a physical feedback on the simulator module as a function of the feedback datum and the aircraft model.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the simulator module further comprises a partial fuselage.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the simulator module further comprises a seat for a pilot.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the concave display further comprises one or more adjacent displays.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the computing device is further configured to align the adjacent displays to form the concave display.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to operate a simulation device, wherein the simulation device is configured to simulate a virtual representation comprising the aircraft model of the electric aircraft.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the simulation device is further configured to simulate a virtual environment for the aircraft model of the electric aircraft.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the distinct image further comprises a virtual environment of the perspective of the simulated aircraft model.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to support simulated avionics, using the pilot device, as a function of the simulator module.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feedback datum comprises a pilot score associated with electric energy efficiency.

11. A method for modular mobile flight simulator for an electric aircraft, the method comprising:

detecting, by a sensor communicatively connected to at least a pilot control and a pilot device of a simulator module, a measured pilot data;

generating a pilot datum as a function of the measured pilot data, wherein the pilot datum includes a status datum;

receiving, by a computing device, the pilot datum from the sensor;

simulating an aircraft model of the electric aircraft as a function of the pilot datum;

generating a feedback datum as a function of the at least a pilot control;

blending a plurality of images to be projected by a plurality of projection devices into a distinct image, the plurality of images comprising the feedback datum;

displaying the distinct image onto a concave display as a function of the plurality of projection devices, wherein the concave display comprises a three-dimensional display; and

performing a physical feedback on the simulator module as a function of the feedback datum and the aircraft model.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the simulator module further comprises a partial fuselage.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the simulator module further comprises a seat for at least a pilot.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the concave display further comprises one or more adjacent displays.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein blending the plurality of images to be projected by the plurality of projection devices further comprises aligning the adjacent displays to form the concave display.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises operating a simulation device, wherein operating the simulation device further comprises simulating a virtual representation comprising the aircraft model of the electric aircraft.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein operating the simulation device further comprises simulating a virtual environment for the aircraft model of the electric aircraft.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein simulating the virtual environment further comprises simulating the distinct image, wherein the distinct image comprises a virtual representation of the perspective of the simulated aircraft model.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises supporting, by the computing device and the pilot device, a simulated avionics as a function of the simulator module.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the feedback datum comprises a pilot score associated with electric energy efficiency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: HALL, EDWARD
To: BETA AIR, LLC
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