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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nikhil Goel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jon David Petersen, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

John Conway Badalamenti, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mark Moore, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

JOBY AERO, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); B64C 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0043 (2013.01); B64C 17/08 (2013.01); B64C 29/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/102 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0065 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01);
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.


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